Comments on: Amazon wants to protect your fragile little brains.

By: Charlie O.

Charlie O. — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:13:45 +0000

I think they’re starting to back down. Someone else posted some novels that wouldn’t turn up in searches, and now they do.

I hate the sales rank feature. I think it’s bullshit. But to exclude writers such as James Baldwin and and D.H. Lawrence in the “offensive” category is to show how censorship, when it starts, has no taste or consistency and therefore must always be combated.

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It’s About Love « When Or If — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:13:12 +0000

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By: Swampwulf

Swampwulf — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:53:54 +0000

It’s even better than that, sadly enough.
Amazon is allowing the rankings to remain on some fairly hardcore erotica, but even non-offensive books, romance novels, that are GLBT related are being ‘purged’ from the rankings.

That Amazon is offended and/or embarrassed by ‘my’ culture is enough for me not to do business with them.

See:

http://www.examiner.com/x-3569-Denver-Internet-Examiner~y2009m4d12-Online-censorship-Amazon-strips-ranking-of-Gay-and-Lesbian-books

for more information.

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:11:51 +0000

Yet another GREAT reason to buy your books at an independent bookstore!