Comments on: Amazon Censors Its Rankings & Search Results to Protect Us Against GLBT Books

By: Yet Another Reason Not to Buy an Amazon Kindle | The Adventures of Jessica Sideways

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:05:16 +0000

[...] is no stranger to censorship, as we have all seen during the Amazon Rank debacle that happened not too [...]

By: marley

marley — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:20:26 +0000

ohh i just read the last of the posts and see they fixed it. hmm

By: marley

marley — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:18:51 +0000

if amazon's not going to let people find glbt/erotica/sex whatnot then shouldn't they friggin ban Twilight? i mean my 11 year old sister read Breaking Dawn and nobody will put anything like that down. it's not only about sex, it's about like a sex addiction. and sookie stackhouse? some of that's pretty fugging kinky. and the halfway to the grave and all else. but nope; and and

By: State of the Writer (and the writing, too) « Twenty Palaces

State of the Writer (and the writing, too) « Twenty Palaces — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:13:41 +0000

[...] no clue. See this post by an author affected by the change to read Amazon.com’s response, and Dear Author weighs in on the romance writers who’ve been affected, and finally here’s the start of a link farm to check out. [...]

By: Anatomy of the #AmazonFAIL protest - Marci Ikeler

Anatomy of the #AmazonFAIL protest - Marci Ikeler — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:37:35 +0000

[...] Complaint templates. Customers wanting to complain and who need writing help can use this pre-crafted complaint letter. [...]

By: Jules Jones

Jules Jones — Sun, 10 May 2009 07:29:47 +0000

Marlana @159: Original post was April 12, four weeks ago — if Amazon *hadn’t* fixed it by now you’d be seeing a lot more steam coming out of people’s ears.

By: Marlana Campbell

Marlana Campbell — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:16:23 +0000

I suppose I should read all the posts first, but I do have a question to what is most likely a discussion gone cold: Am I looking at the Amazon listings incorrectly? I’m finding books about gays and lesbians listed. Or am I just way late in this discussion and Amazon “fixed” it?

By: Rich’s ComixBlog » Archive » Amazon Fail

Rich’s ComixBlog » Archive » Amazon Fail — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:44:01 +0000

[...] to Amazon’s apparent new censorship policy, which includes de-listing books with LBGT content as “adult” and inappropriate, we [...]

By: This won’t end well… Amazon unranks LGBT, “adult” books | Tokyovation

This won’t end well… Amazon unranks LGBT, “adult” books | Tokyovation — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:43:16 +0000

[...] can read more reactions at Erastes, Dear Author, Meta Writer, Booksquare, GGY Meta, Comics212, Okazu, Queers United, Tectonic Uplift, and Naughty [...]

By: AmazonFAIL: Twitter's power to destroy | Rocketseed

AmazonFAIL: Twitter's power to destroy | Rocketseed — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:08:35 +0000

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By: Same window… different view | Fiction With Friction

Same window… different view | Fiction With Friction — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:59:13 +0000

[...] during the whole AmazonFail debacle, I was checking for about the fortieth time to see if any of my books had gotten their rankings [...]

By: The Not-so-deep Thoughts » The Upside of The Weekend Internet Ban

The Not-so-deep Thoughts » The Upside of The Weekend Internet Ban — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:45:00 +0000

[...] missed the entire Amazon Rank kerfuffle and got some re-plotting done. Personally, though, I doubt Amazon had underhanded motives [...]

By: Miki S

Miki S — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:14:33 +0000

@Ruth: I haven't looked today, but what I noticed that there are two formats for And Tango Makes Three. The hardcover version and the paperback version. The hardcover was still listed, the paperback was unranked and no longer listed. Note: I just checked, both are showing rankings today.

By: Business & Finance Blogs » Blog Archive » Anatomy of the #AmazonFAIL protest

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:49:12 +0000

[...] Complaint templates. Customers wanting to complain and who need writing help can use this pre-crafted complaint letter. [...]

By: Social Monday: “Buzz” with a side order of salt « NewsMuse

Social Monday: “Buzz” with a side order of salt « NewsMuse — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:06:26 +0000

[...] that’s neat, plausible, and wrong. And in this case, I can’t believe the solution is to blame and flame Amazon. Let’s resist the buzz and put the outrage on ice, at least for a few days. The truth will [...]

By: Heather Holland

Heather Holland — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:28:19 +0000

The Drigon’s Fall has been removed from the “All Departments” search, but comes up under the “Books” search. Same with my author name. The logic behind this leaves much to be desired, that’s for sure.

By: Mareike

Mareike — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:25:49 +0000

Dear all,

I haven’t read the whole of this discussion, and I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this earlier. But if you search Amazon.com from here (Germany) those things you guys over there can’t find show up. I haven’t checked all examples given here, but quite a few, and they are all there (All Departments search from the amazon.com page). Including sales rank and all.

I totally agree with you, this is dangerous and… sad. Really sad. And I am pretty happy that (up to know at least) we don’t have this censorchip over here.

Very Bizarre indeed, hope enough protest might finally change this again!

Greetings from Germany!

PS: @Leah: I’m impressed by your statement.

By: jane

jane — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:14:49 +0000

Some feminist books, such as Full Frontal Feminism by Feministing’s Jessica Valenti, also don’t show up on a front page search. Outrageous.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:27:19 +0000

I just searched All Departments for And Tango Makes Three, and there it is.

Bizarre.

By: Bella Andre

Bella Andre — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:16:10 +0000

Thanks for the head’s up. I went to go look and saw that my last two trade ppks – GAME FOR ANYTHING and GAME FOR SEDUCTION – no longer come up on the main search page for “Bella Andre”. If you do manage to find the book, the rankings are gone.
~ Bella