And in the RAWR category

[sparkindarkness]

It seems Amazon has engaged in some first class arseholery

As reported:
http://karenknowsbest.com/2009/04/12/amazon-god-complex-theyve-stripped-all-gayerotic-fiction-of-sales-rankings/
http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/04/12/amazon-censors-its-rankings-search-results-to-protect-us-against-glbt-books/
http://moondancerdrake.livejournal.com/125383.html
http://gwailowrite.livejournal.com/201718.html

Basically it seems they're stripping the the sales ranking and reducing there presence of "adult" works from some of their searches

Adult in this case being defined as "involving the scary scary gayness" even if it isn't explicit or erotic - even if it's non-fiction, even if it has nothing to do with sex. The presence of gays makes it adult, no matter how benign. Because we are dangerous and the kiddies must be protected from our big, bad homo-ness.

Adult does NOT include such illustrious straight titles like: "Playboy: Wet and Wild Complete Collection" Hmmm, no double standard there


Amazon Rank

Comments

[seryan.livejournal.com]

THis is both appalling, and shamefully transparent. Playboy is OK, but Heather Has Two Mommies has to go?

[seryan.livejournal.com]

Oh, now they're claiming it was a 'glitch'. Source Doesn't sound like a bloody glitch to me. Het books stay but the GLBT books go? No. That's not a glitch.

[only-playing.livejournal.com]

Not just Het sex, from what I understand. While following the links from one to another, I ran across someone who said that aparently books on sex and disabilities also got the glitch.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

That's pure bullshit on so many levels. No way can it be a glitch unless someone somwhere decided that the tag "GBLT" needed to be considered adult

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

It's just insulting - purely insulting and offensive in the worst way

What sticks in the craw is that if you put homosexuality into an amazon search the top results now are Christian WRONG books on how to "cure" and "prevent" homosexuality

[thisdaydreamer.livejournal.com]

Even worse, I just found out that this started back in February. FEBRUARY!

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

They've known about it all this time and been insulting us like this - no way can ti be a glitch