Doing my part for the Amazon google bomb...

[scribblinlenore]

Amazon Rank

FYI, for people who haven't seen this all over everywhere by now, Amazon has delisted the sales rankings for books it deems "adult"--targeting GLBT books of every stripe, including YA novels, children's books, self-help books, literary fiction, as well as romance and erotica. This removes these books from lists of bestsellers and also from certain searches. It, in effect, hides them.

There's more information on meta_writer.

Personally, I won't be buying anything from Amazon until this ridiculous policy is rescinded.

ETA: GOOGLE BOMB SUCCESS!
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Amazon+Rank&fp=_rpp-4zAm3I

ETA2: I now see the point of Twitter.

Comments

[astrothsknot.livejournal.com]

I can't see the publishers sitting for that for long, particularly as some on the books on that list sell well.

*Hugs Kushiel's Legacy*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_slashygoodness/]

I'm now boycotting Amazon, eBay, iTunes, and I'm pretty sure someone else. I think they only make these policies to control my spending. Narcissistic conspiracy theorist, much?

[margueritem.livejournal.com]

Hah! Smartbitches is now the fourth link that appears when you google "amazon rank". :D

[ratcreature]

I've never used their "sales rank" for anything, and that's annoying and with their weird idea about what constitutes as "adult" also discriminating, but I find the modification to their search engine far more enraging. I just can't believe they broke their own search function so severly that some books don't show up anymore even if you search for them with the author and the titles. I've tried with some from the list in the blog posts about this and they just don't show. How is anyone supposed to still buy them?!? And they don't even seem to offer a checkbox so that you can opt in to get "adult" search results, anywhere I can see.

[korestemenos.livejournal.com]

ETA2: I now see the point of Twitter.

haha yes! I may even get an account now. It seems to have some good uses...

[tommybarbarella.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting about this. I am just appalled! I signed the petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policy). I too will not shop at Amazon until this is fixed. Anti-gay, pro-censorship assholes!