Amazon strips sales rankings of "Gay" books..

If you're wondering why that's important, well when you do a search on Amazon, other titles pop up on the same page as the item you were searching for, and what determines the titles that pop up to be viewd are the sales rankings.

Amazon claims that it's the "adult" material they're hiding, but there is still adult stuff popping up/ It's only the gay books that have disappeared. Now, I've done a lot of shopping on Amazon in the past two years since eBay started really going downhill. It looks like I'm going to be doing much less shopping at Amazon, especially books.

If you're concerned about this situation, contact Amazon to tell them how you feel about it.

http://www.edrants.com/amazonfail-a-call-to-boycott-amazon/

http://markprobst.livejournal.com/15293.html

http://community.livejournal.com/meta_writer/11992.html

http://community.livejournal.com/meta_writer/11369.html

http://c-smith-author.livejournal.com/20968.html

I snagged some links from lit_gal in this post (LJ user)

Amazon contact numbers!

Amazon customer service

800-201-7575


Amazon Board of Directors

Thomas O. Ryder (914) 244-5782
William Gordon (650) 233-2750
Myrtle Potter (650) 225-1000
Alain Monie (206) 266-1000
L. John Doerr (650) 233-2750
Tom Alberg (206) 674-3000
Patricia Stonesifer (206) 709-3140

Okay update:

Here's some more explanation or is that a wannabe explanation?

Got this from lit_gal's update...

Screen cap of Publisher's weekly article

If you can't load the page here's a screen cap of the Publisher's Weekly article:

Courtesy of lit_gal

Another screen cap if the last one gets too busy!

Another screen cap courtesy entrenous88

Who got it from secretsolitaire in her post about the Amazon fail fest...

And then there's rydra_wong 's post about the Amazonfuckingfailfest with interesting links.