There were probably more than one hundred books about Trump and/or the danger he poses to democracy published over the last 8 years. Many DUers have read one or more of these books. I can't provide a link, but I recall hearing that there is an effort by GOP politicians to resurrect defamation laws that are far more expansive in their definition of what constitutes defamation, allowing far more people to sue. Even in the case of frivolous lawsuits, such lawsuits can cost millions to defend.

For that reason I fear that publishers may be more reluctant to publish books critical of Trump and his administration, or even books of the type Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Timothy Snyder and Anne Applebaum write: cautionary histories and reflections about how democracies are weakened and destroyed.

(EDIT: The United Kingdom is an example of a place where authors can be sued and legally harassed for writing truthful but critical works. See the nightmare Catherine Belton went through after publishing "Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took on the West," a book highly critical of several Russian oligarchs.)

We'll see though. Perhaps these worries are unjustified.

Can't afford it, but I'll buy them anyway.

I can buy books for $1 which are donated and some are or will be banned. Found Adam Schiff's book and Jaime Raskin's , both for $1

I'm in a smaller city, but there's a really large one nearby and there has to be multiple bookstores where I could find used books. Thanks for the suggestion!

Just sayin'

The lesson has been that it makes censorship and compliance extremely effective and at a favorable cost.
It's like you have control over the paper AND the pens. And the fingerprint of every hand.

Trump’s FCC could throttle it. Ban the internet entirely, akin to tik tok bans.

They restrict access to books through particular institutions (schools, libraries), while maintaining availability through the market. That's why some bookstores will have a "Banned Books" table near the front of their stores, seemingly without irony. Actual book bans criminalize the availability of a book through any means whatsoever. One of the primary enforcers of books bans prior to US v. One Book Called Ulysses were custom officials, who would seize books coming from Europe and through Canada (Britain and Canada had similar obscenity laws to the US). Genuine book bans criminalized publication and distribution.

Now, to be sure, banning access through institutions is an effective ban in many ways. Many people can only afford access to books through schools and libraries. It also shapes curriculum and deprofessionalized teaching when legislatures decide which books should be taught in classes. And that's all bad and should be resisted. But one of the reasons conservatives are successful with these is because we've misnamed them. DeSantis laughed about the "book bans" and said you can get any of these books in Florida bookstores or through Amazon. And he was right. And that weakens our argument. We need to be more precise about what we're talking about.