@guardeddon@mas.to The government would no doubt argue that it's not a ban - but in practice that's exactly what it is. When I worked in the book trade it was normal practice for bookshops to order foreign editions of books, generally in response to specific customer orders - but in the case of Spycatcher we just ordered hundreds for our shelves and window displays - as did thousands of other independent bookshops. In the end, the government just gave up trying to stop it, and backed down.