Amazon Rank

So it turns out that Amazon.com have been removing the sales rankings from Gay and Lesbian literature titles that they sell on their site. No big deal right? Well wrong, removing the sales ranks from a book keeps the book out of the best seller lists and off customer's minds. Their excuse is 'Please Think Of The Children!!!!!' or Amazon is used by everyone and that adult items need to be classified seperately. But as it stands, you can still see the sales rank on Rampant Rabbits, Clit Massagers and Ron Jeremy's Biography but not Heather Has Two Mommies, Queer Theory, Gender Theory; An Instant Primer or Ellen Degeneres' biography. This is bigoted, wrong-headed, illogical nonsense. It means that when you search for homosexuality on Amazon you get this list. A list that begins with 'A Parent's Guide To Preventing Homosexuality' and continues in pretty much the same vein (bar a few children's books - they'll be gone next as it's them we're thinking of, of course) is hardly representative and I don't want my reading and my moral viewpoint on homosexuality to be dictated to me by bloody Amazon!

It started with gay and lesbian books and now books containing sexual content are also gone, Delta of Venus - Bye, Lady Chatterly's Lover (Of course banned in the UK until 1960) - Later.

LiveJournal community MetaWriter are keeping a list of all the books affected. Peruse and wonder whether this is really 2009.

Oh and here's a link to Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Google Bombing page. Amazon Rank. Link to it, if you feel the need.