AmazonFail
If you haven’t already heard, Amazon decided to de-rank thousands of books they deemed “adult”, except most of the books thus labeled are about homosexuality and do not have adult themes at all! De-ranking means these books do not show up on the first (or second or third…) page of search results – even if you search for the exact title! – as well as not showing up on bestselling lists.
I don’t have the time nor the concentration currently to do a full post/commentary about this, so I’ll just give you a lovely list of links to other people commenting about this issue:
- Amazon accused of manipulating site content (again): Searches and rankings this time from Booklorn
- Amazon claims glitch affected search & ranking; consumers say #glitchmyass from Booklorn
- Open Letter to Amazon Regarding Recent Policy Changes from Booksquare
- Amazon Fail: Certain “adult” books (like mine) are de-ranked from Feministing
- Amazon FAIL Update: A “Glitch,” Says Spokesperson from Feministing
- Amazon Fail Sunday from Meg Cabot’s Diary
- #amazonfail or how Amazon finally eclipsed Jesus from Book Patrol
- About “Family Friendly” (or) How Amazon is Being An Ass from Big Bright Bulb
- Amazonfail Sunday from Neil Gaiman’s Journal
- #AmazonFail and the problem of monopolies from The Fidra Blog
jill said,
April 14, 2009 at 6:17 pm
just fb linked to this one. thoroughly disgusted. thanks for the heads up, chica.
Kathleen said,
April 14, 2009 at 7:15 pm
You’re welcome. I wish I had more time to fully articulate my feelings on this one, but “thoroughly disgusted” sums it up pretty well.