Update: #amazonfail

Amazon restores rankings for gay-themed books
via USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories on 4/14/09

"On Monday, Amazon spokesman Andrew Herdener called the deletions an "embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error for a company that prides itself on offering complete selection." He said that 57,310 books in categories ranging from gay and lesbian literature to health and erotica had been affected."

Amazon Attempts to Censor "adult" materials

Warning: Language is "ripe" at the link we swiped this from: Amazon Rank via Smart Bitches, Trashy Books on 4/12/09

"Amazon seems to be stripping the sales figures and accompanying rankings from GLBTQ books, erotica, and romance novels, particularly those with what they term “adult content.”"

This will drop sales for those items. And it looks like the metafilters they are using are not even accurate

Further: Amazon.com Delisting Books via Romantic Times BOOKreviews by RT Book Reviews on 4/13/09"

"The article shows how the policy seems to be uneven, even de-ranking one version of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY but not another (and really? THAT book is unacceptable?). Authors are finding their books de-listed without even being contacted about it."

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