I mean to post about this yesterday.

[dryride]

But my husband was on the computer all day (mine died a while ago and there's no $$$ to fix it or to pick up a new one).

Amazon has taken to de-listing glbt, feminist, and general sexuality books for being too "adult."

Read all about it hereThis includes such adult books as "The Well of Loneliness," and "The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for

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[anandimide]

Christ. The Well of Loneliness? Really?

I am seriously terrified of what will happen if/when Google really manages to digitize all the books in the world. Esp. since I hear the physical copies usually get destroyed in the process.

I'll alert my mom's partner... she'll probably tell her students.

[dryride]

You're kidding?

Do you have a link for that? That's a really scary thing if true.

[anandimide]

It's what my college librarian told us--that they generally chop off the spines of the books & run the pages through the scanner that way. Obviously not for really valuable books & MSS, but I think it's pretty standard. Which would make sense, of course--how else would you digitize all those books? So at least it's just the copies they scan, but still... My librarian was certainly concerned by it!

I was actually just sending him a message asking where he got his information, since it's been on my mind a lot... Will tell you if he replies with something useful.

[inertiam]

I don't know about a facebook group, but there's a link to a petition in this article:

http://www.edrants.com/amazonfail-a-call-to-boycott-amazon/