Penulis Novel Gay, R. Mark Probst Kecewa terhadap tindakan Amazon.com

Seorang Penulis Buku Roman untuk Gay, R. Mark Probst telah kecewa atas tindakan Amazon.com atas penghapusan peringkat hampir semua katalog berbau Novel Romantis heteroseks, gay dan lesbi serta bagian buku erotis lainnya.



R. Mark Probst, menulis kekecewaannya di blog LiveJournal.com :

On Amazon.com two days ago, mysteriously, the sales rankings disappeared from two newly-released high profile gay romance books: “Transgressions” by Erastes and “False Colors” by Alex Beecroft. Everybody was perplexed. Was it a glitch of some sort? The very next day HUNDREDS of gay and lesbian books simultaneously lost their sales rankings, including my book “The Filly.” There was buzz, What’s going on? Does Amazon have some sort of campaign to suppress the visibility of gay books?

dan balasan dari Amazon :

In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.

Sepertinya indikasi untuk pengahapusan telah terjadi dengan halnya 57 ribu judul buku dilaporkan lenyap dari katalog milik toko buku online, Amazon.com