I am a transplanted southerner, held captive in a Yankee territory. I have little to no clue what to do with my life. I like to read, cook and write really weird stories that may never see the light of day. I am working on that last but and hope to one day write a story worth publishing. In the mean time, I have the love and support of a lot of truly wonderful people who help me make it through the day.

Apr 13, 2009

Amazon Rank

Okay, my level of anger doesn't usually reach this high before 9AM, but hey first time for everything right? for the DL check out this link: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/amazonrank

But basically Amazon decided to implement a new "policy" (which they are now calling a glitch after massive amounts of public outcry) that stripped GLBT authors, as well as several erotica and romance authors of their search rank based on the fact that they were "adult" while simoulaniously leaving things like, sex toys, adult DVDs (yes actual things labeled PORN) and books about how to cure homosexuality alone

I don't know what kind of disconnect went through the minds over at Amazon HQ, but did they not expect huge amounts of public outcry?? Did someone over there go, ya know, censorship works great for Wal-Mart maybe we shoudl give it a try. Only instead of censoring everything we're only going to censor things as we see fit WT fucking H???

needless to say that I buy quite a few products from amazon (even my trusty Doc Johnson before it died becuase it was on sale :D) but the thing I by most is books, lots and lots of books almost exculsivly of the Romance/Erotica or EROM genres, and now I simply won't buy anything, not books, DVDs, CDs, or even a new lil rabbit until Amazon changes this policy and comes out with a formal apology for this incident becuase I DO NOT by the oh, we hope you are stupid enough that we can call it a glitch excuse

there are plenty of other ways for me to get the thins I need, if you want some suggestions check out these other websites I shop, which don't feel the need to censor their products:
http://www.ebay.com/
http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/
http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/shop/
http://www.fictionwise.com/ both excellent options for e-books
also check out the publishers websites like:
http://www.liquidsilverbooks.com/
http://samhainpublishing.com/
http://www.ellorascave.com/
all of which have thier books availble for purchase
http://www.overstock.com/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
http://www.booksamillion.com/

and countless others!!! tell amazon that really we don't need them and they need to be focused on keeping their customers happy!

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