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By: The Book Pushers » Blog Archive » Amazon Rank

The Book Pushers » Blog Archive » Amazon Rank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:37:53 +0000

[...] More information about Amazons censorship: Dear Author [...]

By: Lisa Hendrix » Blog Archive » Can we say prejudiced?

Lisa Hendrix » Blog Archive » Can we say prejudiced? — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:09:05 +0000

[...] Amazon Rankings don’t really mean anything to customers…but they mean everything to Amazon itself, which uses them to generate things like front page searches, bestseller lists, “If you like x then you’ll like y” recommendations, and everything else that effects the visibility and sales potential of books. In other words, if your book is de-ranked, it WILL NOT appear on a front page search, even if the reader searches by your name or title. Heaven help you if they search by topic. Here are a couple of more thorough explanations Dear Author [...]

By: Oh Amazon, what is this fuckery? « Sam laPena

Oh Amazon, what is this fuckery? « Sam laPena — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:13:51 +0000

[...] Dear Author blog has fantastic coverage of this shenanigans, as well as stuff you can do to let Amazon know they’re failing left and right. [...]

By: Book Bizzo #14 The post-petition edition - Book Thingo

Book Bizzo #14 The post-petition edition - Book Thingo — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:23:23 +0000

[...] weekend, Twitter exploded with news that Amazon has been deranking and removing from search broad categories of books they consider to be of an “adult” [...]

By: Chi

Chi — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:14:10 +0000

It doesn’t look like its a recent human error when its been going on for MONTHS now.

http://www.afterellen.com/node/48877

It just totally blew off this week.

By: Amazon situation « Kat’s Passions

Amazon situation « Kat’s Passions — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:27:13 +0000

[...] history (a few days old but still [...]

By: The Amazon situation « DragonKat

The Amazon situation « DragonKat — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:30:05 +0000

[...] history (a few days old but still [...]

By: Amazon Fail- or Why I’m Still Pissed Off « ELEANOR’S TROUSERS

Amazon Fail- or Why I’m Still Pissed Off « ELEANOR’S TROUSERS — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:34:10 +0000

[...] insights on what happened, and didn’t happen quickly enough here, here, here, here, here, and here, new definitions of Amazon Rank, and calls to arms here, here, here, and [...]

By: Seneca

Seneca — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:56:40 +0000

I’ve been sidetracked by thte fact that there is actually a book called.
“A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality.”

That is one of the most horrible things I have ever heard of.

By: duncan heights » Irregular Roundup #2

duncan heights » Irregular Roundup #2 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:47:38 +0000

[...] #amazonfailed yesterday when it pulled a bunch of books about LGBT issues, disability, and erotica from its virtual shelves by taking them off the Amazon ranking list, and I’m supremely disappointed. I’ve always liked Amazon, and it makes me sad that I have to boycott them for being asses now, of all times. They say it’s a glitch, but that seems unlikely to me because other “adult books” like Ron Jeremy’s autobiography were not stripped of their rankings. Booo. It’s a pretty sad day when Iowa > Amazon. (Er, no offense meant, Iowa.) [...]