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Apr 12, 2009 22:16

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colubra April 13 2009, 02:51:48 UTC

...they de-listed Dancer From The Dance and Mayor of Castro Street???

Holy Shit, every time I see a list on this it gets worse and worse.

montrealais April 13 2009, 02:56:39 UTC

Not only is Dancer delisted, searching for dancer from the dance doesn't turn up the current edition in at least the first three or four pages. I finally had to choose an out-of-print edition and click on the author's name to get access to the current edition. So it's far worse than some authors' egos not getting stroked -- their works are being buried and hidden from standard searches.

ETA: I looked through all four pages of search results, and it isn't there at all.

This icon is roughly how this whole mess makes me feel. colubra April 13 2009, 08:14:10 UTC

and The Naked Civil Servant, what the hell.

There was a link on ohnotheydidnt about this mess earlier this evening: I'm stunned by how patently obvious the stupidity of the 'let's cover our asses' statement from Amazon is.
Damn.

johanna_hypatia April 13 2009, 03:55:51 UTC

It's beyond deplorable. What's with the hard-right backlash? Who has taken control of Amazon?

urbangeo April 13 2009, 04:30:00 UTC

They say it's a glitch, but time will tell if they actually mean it:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6651080.html

I don't see why they can't just tag something "adult" rather than going the extra step of de-ranking it especially considering the vast majority of people buying from the site are adults themselves.

colubra April 13 2009, 08:16:12 UTC

Vast majority? Hell, almost everyone: Amazon doesn't do paypal, which is, to my knowledge, the only way a non-adult can have a paying presence on the interwebs without a credit card.

janetmweiss April 13 2009, 04:51:15 UTC

I've never heard of/read "Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws" but I'll just assume it's title is pretty descriptive and throw up. We can only prevent teens from committing suicide AFTER they've turned 18?

That...sounds...like...a good...plan.

OH WAIT.

felis_ultharus April 13 2009, 11:59:01 UTC

I only used them to get out-of-print stuff and rare video games I couldn't get in Montreal. I guess I won't be using them anymore.