Instead, it becomes a task to read the same stereotypical story over and over again. Reading experiences will no longer differ, and children will grow up sharing many of the same views. However, by not banning these books, children will have access to works that require concentration and further contemplation. Book-banning does not work. In school districts, when parents challenge a book, the teachers protest, the community divides and the sales of the book in question increase.
People wonder why the book is banned and they buy the book in order to find out.
Ultimately, the banning backfires, and the book receives more attention and sells more copies then ever before. As a result of the technology today that enables publishers to mass produce books, book-banning cannot be effective. Unlike hundreds of years ago, when one was lucky to find a handful of copies of a certain book, now, one can find millions. In the past, it was much easier to obliterate an author by throwing the five or so copies into a bonfire and watch his life's work turn to ashes. Now, however, it is ridiculous to even think about watching Judy Blume's career burn up in flames.