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Semarang Bookstores Moved the Reading List to Signal After Distributors Dropped the Banned Titles

When wholesalers quietly stopped stocking flagged books, indie shops in Central Java rebuilt their reading circles inside encrypted chats and photocopied zines.

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by Maria Garcia
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