homophobia & Amazon.com

[rm]

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Amazon removes rankings from books with homosexual characters, including from at least one YA book, because they don't wish to include "adult" content in their rankings out of respect to the range of their membership.

Queer content does not inherently equal sexual or "adult" content.

We've got a big problem on our hands with this one.

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Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Amazon sales rankings affect how books appear for people browsing the site. Additionally, once a ranking number is removed, the book will no longer appear in a general search, only a search for the specific title. Finally, Amazon sales rankings are often used as conditions in author contracts and my independent bookstores to help make purchasing decisions. Having sales rank removed can have a direct affect on livelihood for the involved authors.