#AmazonFAIL FAIL FAIL

[mac_stone]

I'm still boggling. You can read about the fucked-uppedness that is Amazon.com unranking and disappearing GLBT romance and YA books, on markprobst 's LJ, here, and ongoing links are being updated at the meta_writer  community, here.

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[mac-stone.livejournal.com]

I understand the people saying "Calm down, everyone, it's probably an honest mistake" -- but I don't think for a moment that it's an honest mistake. I don't see how an algorithm designed to de-rank "adult content" leaves Playboy centerfold collections ranked and searchable, but de-ranks Heather Has Two Mommies. That's a wee bit beyond incompetent.

There's an interesting article here, as well: http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/04/12/amazon-rank/

[ckastens.livejournal.com]

There is no way this is an honest mistake.