As It Happens7:06’It could very well bankrupt us,’ says bookseller suing over Texas school book ban
Valerie Koehler says she might go out of business if her book shop is forced to comply with a new state law regulating public school literature.
That’s because the law will require vendors to evaluate every book they sell, or have sold, to schools for sexually explicit content. Sellers that don’t comply would be barred from doing business with schools.
Koehler, owner of the Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, says that amounts to roughly 20 per cent of her sales.
“Certainly, as a bookseller and as a reader —
