French ire as Apple bans book over nude cover
US tech giant Apple has infuriated French publishers after it reportedly barred the online sale of a novel because the front cover featured a nude woman. An irate worker at the publishers told The Local: “How can they ban this and not Fifty Shades of Grey”.
A French publishing house reacted with anger on Friday after learning that US tech giant Apple had banned the one of its authors books its online store, because the cover was apparently too risqué.
The novel in question is La Femme (The woman) by French author Benedicte Martin, which contains the cover image of a naked woman shaped into a knife.
“The American company believes that the cover of Benedicte Martin’s book is ‘inappropriate’,” said Olivier Frébourg, the boss of publishers Les Editions des Equateurs.
Frébourg told The Local that "it's extraordinary in the year 2014" that this kind of "censorship" can happen. He was concerned over the economic impact that bans such as this can have on authors and publishers.
http://www.thelocal.fr/20140314/apple-bans-french-novel-over-nude-cover
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Hooooorraay for Apple! 
It's very powerful, yes, and quite striking. But I see no reason whatsoever to ban or censor it.
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it looks like her hands are bound? She looks like a harp seal to me. Fish like. Trussed up and ready for fileting. Does something bad happen to her in the story?
Marketing ploy? Now we all know about the book.
