Comments on: Is Amazon censoring gay and lesbian-themed literature? http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/04/12/is-amazon-censoring-gay-and-lesbian-themed-literature/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/04/12/is-amazon-censoring-gay-and-lesbian-themed-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-171760 DavidB Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:47:26 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=14847#comment-171760 Amazon isn't known for discriminatory action, I suspect they will work out the glitches of whatever is going on. And honestly, anyone thinks these online petition things are worth anyone's time? Amazon isn’t known for discriminatory action, I suspect they will work out the glitches of whatever is going on.

And honestly, anyone thinks these online petition things are worth anyone’s time?

]]> By: Lev Raphael http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/04/12/is-amazon-censoring-gay-and-lesbian-themed-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-171596 Lev Raphael Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:42:04 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=14847#comment-171596 It's worse than it seems. It's important to realize that they're not just ghettoizing gay books, but also gay authors whether a book has much gay content or not. Here are amazon reader tags for "My Germany," one of my books that's been de-ranked: holocaust(7) lev raphael(7) memoir(7) germany(6) jewish(6) judaica(5) gay and lesbian(4) gay(1) The tags accurately reflect the book's themes and subjects (though it's also a travelogue and I don't know if that's an amazon tag or not). http://www.levraphael.com/mygermany.html It’s worse than it seems.

It’s important to realize that they’re not just ghettoizing gay books, but also gay authors whether a book has much gay content or not.

Here are amazon reader tags for “My Germany,” one of my books that’s been de-ranked:

holocaust(7)
lev raphael(7)
memoir(7)
germany(6)
jewish(6)
judaica(5)
gay and lesbian(4)
gay(1)

The tags accurately reflect the book’s themes and subjects (though it’s also a travelogue and I don’t know if that’s an amazon tag or not).

http://www.levraphael.com/mygermany.html

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