Epic FAIL.
Apr. 12th, 2009 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megwritesAmazon.com just royally fucked up. They're stripping the ranks from books with erotic or GLBT content. Of course, any GLBT content, however innocuous is dangerous and must be censored.
Because a book about dogfighting, or Playboy Playmates is fine. A book written by Adolf fucking Hitler is fine.
But a book that contains material about two people in a healthy, happy relationship if they happen to have the same the genitals, now that has to be kept away from the public. We can't let people search for them. We can't help those books get sales. Because it might offend our customers.
Well, this customer already is offended. This bisexual customer who once loved Amazon is now very offended. I am no longer comfortable doing business with Amazon, or with anyone who does business with them. This kind of blatant homophobia is unacceptable.
I urge you to boycott Amazon.com until they reverse this policy and issue a formal apology to the authors and the public. I know that I certainly will not be purchasing anything from them or through them until then.
If you need your online book fix, I recommend sites like: Barnes & Noble.com, AbeBooks.com, Alibris.com.
I used to work for a used bookseller, and I can say that Abe and Alibris are good places to surf, and I've bought from them. And guess what? They don't censor what you can find!
I also encourage you to petition or to tell Amazon.com directly that they've lost your business and will not be getting it back until such a time as they can act responsibly and respectfully.
Also, this may be the most accurate summation of this situation and the funniest. You can always rely on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
Because a book about dogfighting, or Playboy Playmates is fine. A book written by Adolf fucking Hitler is fine.
But a book that contains material about two people in a healthy, happy relationship if they happen to have the same the genitals, now that has to be kept away from the public. We can't let people search for them. We can't help those books get sales. Because it might offend our customers.
Well, this customer already is offended. This bisexual customer who once loved Amazon is now very offended. I am no longer comfortable doing business with Amazon, or with anyone who does business with them. This kind of blatant homophobia is unacceptable.
I urge you to boycott Amazon.com until they reverse this policy and issue a formal apology to the authors and the public. I know that I certainly will not be purchasing anything from them or through them until then.
If you need your online book fix, I recommend sites like: Barnes & Noble.com, AbeBooks.com, Alibris.com.
I used to work for a used bookseller, and I can say that Abe and Alibris are good places to surf, and I've bought from them. And guess what? They don't censor what you can find!
I also encourage you to petition or to tell Amazon.com directly that they've lost your business and will not be getting it back until such a time as they can act responsibly and respectfully.
Also, this may be the most accurate summation of this situation and the funniest. You can always rely on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.
