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Book dealer Amazon (.com, I didn't check .de yet) goes the way of LJ with excluding material it deems "offensive" from appearing in certain searches and from showing up in some of its bestseller lists and sales ranking.
Apparently, offensive in Amazon's books is sexual content (straight erotica, gay, lesbian, etc. pp. - prominent examples: Yamane Ayano's Viewfinder (manga; yes, draaaawn sex is bad!), Brokeback Mountain (the book) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (also the book; fugck!)).
To complete the similarity to LJ, Amazon now is also insisting that it wasn't planned policy but a glitch in the sales ranking feature. Then why this exchange with Mark Probst (including screencaps) earlier?
Apparently, offensive in Amazon's books is sexual content (straight erotica, gay, lesbian, etc. pp. - prominent examples: Yamane Ayano's Viewfinder (manga; yes, draaaawn sex is bad!), Brokeback Mountain (the book) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (also the book; fu
To complete the similarity to LJ, Amazon now is also insisting that it wasn't planned policy but a glitch in the sales ranking feature. Then why this exchange with Mark Probst (including screencaps) earlier?
