Amazon Fail

[Edan]

Recently, Amazon has removed "adult" books from it's ranking system. If a book doesn't have a rank, it won't show up in searches, making it a lot harder to find and thus severely affecting it's sales. It seems unclear whether this was a policy change, or a glitz in the software, as Amazon representatives have said different things.

However, Amazon's definition of what's considered "adult" is peculiar.

Adult:

Radclyffe Hill's classic novel about lesbians in Victorian times, The Well of Loneliness, and which contains not one sentence of sexual description;
Mark R. Probst's YA novel "The Filly" about a young man in the wild West discovering that he's gay (gay romance, no sex);
Charlie Cochrane's "Lessons in Love" (gay romance with no sex)
"The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience," edited by Louis-George Tin (non-fiction, history and social issues)
"Homophobia: A History" by Bryan Fone (nonfiction, focus on history and the forms prejudice against homosexuality has taken over the years)

A-OK for kids:

"Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds" by Chronicle Books (pictures of over 600 naked women)
Rosemary Rogers' "Sweet Savage Love" (explicit heterosexual romance)
Kathleen Woodiwiss' "The Wolf and the Dove" (explicit heterosexual romance)
Bertrice Smal's "Skye o'Malley," (which are all explicit heterosexual romances)
Alan Moore's "Lost Girls" (which is a very explicit sexual graphic novel)

And if you try to search of "Homosexuality", you get:

A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality.

[Wiglaf]

THIS IS SUCH A COOL THREAD

Can we hang out?

[Theben]

It's about time someone did something to slow the rise of the International gay juggernaut. This will strike a blow to their attempts at encouraging young boys and girls to choose gaiety instead of healthy heteronormal sexuality.

[Wiglaf]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/163024/hacker_claims_credit_for_amazons_gaythemed_book_glitch.html

Thread starter should be able to find his gay porn on Amazon again.

[MOBIUS]

I wondered what Ben's new job was that he said he was going to be starting soon...

[Ben Kenobi]

This is pretty similar except why on earth would I do this work for godless heathens like Amazon?

Wouldn't I keep the playboy books out of the kiddo section?

[Theben]

Would you?

[Ben Kenobi]

No. Obviously it was done by someone else.

[DaShi]

Ben, you're a known liar. I don't believe you.

[Q Classic]

Ben, you're a known liar. I don't believe you.

[MOBIUS]

Yep, Ben just outed himself in front of witnesses...

[Theben]

No. Obviously it was done by someone else.

You wouldn't keep the Playboy books away from the kiddies?!

[MOBIUS]

I know you're from Indiana, but what I'm getting at is that he is happy to equate, for example, this book: Stephen Fry in America with Playboy - because it was written by a gay man...

Ben essential agreed with Amazon USA's (not UK, thank god!) grossly homophobic interpretation of the nation's bestseller list - by agreeing his had outed himself as homophobic.

I would respect Ben more if he just admitted that he hated gays.

[chequita guevara]

Would you?

Knowing what I know about Ben, he would not.

[Theben]

I know you're from Indiana,

I live in Indiana. I am not from Indiana.