Sunday, April 12, 2009

What heinous f**kery is this?

I am not the biggest Christopher Moore fan, but my sis reads the best bits aloud to me, and the line seems... well, relevant. Because this is heinous f**kery indeed. Someone at Amazon seems to feel that all books touching upon gay/lesbian/bi/trans/queer issues are, by nature, adult. So they have been removed from sales rankings in order to remove them from searches. Even young adult novels. Even classics. Meanwhile, explicit straight books, including Playboy Centerfolds and Penthouse have not been Amazon Ranked.

May I recommend www.Powells.com for your online bookstore needs? My experiences with both buying and selling books through them have been lovely.

eta: Amazon apologizes. Sort of. In a sense that claims no responsibility nor offers a satisfactory explanation for how the 'glitch' affected the specific titles it did.

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