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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
Customers bought books secure in Amazon's promise that Amazon would keep them in the cloud, and Amazon broke that promise.
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There aren't many viable alternatives.
An automatic refund only really makes sense if the user is fully barred from access. Since Amazon no longer does that, it makes sense that refunds should be issued upon request.
Nor should they be responsible for books they pull. I assume that's buried somewhere in the TOS.
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
Amazon is not being clear about what content it, for lack of a more convenient word, censors.
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Sounds to me like the author figured it out.
And the author really should not act so surprised that her content crossed a line. I'm not saying "it's wrong," only that she should be well aware of its transgressive nature, and ludicrous to cite sales of the Old Testament as a defense.
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
Amazon is a major market. When authors have reason to worry that a major market might refuse their book, thus depriving them of a big chunk of possible revenues, whole fields of inquiry could potentially dry up to a trickle.
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Yeah, I don't think so. I'm much more concerned about the Air Force clumsily blocking a bunch of newspapers in a vain attempt to keep its soldiers from viewing the classified leaked documents than with Amazon yanking some really out there pr0n.
Especially since they do sell a lot of works that some people would regard as highly offensive, even in the face of strident criticism.
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Originally Posted by catsittingstill
I think the comparison is reasonable. A standard is applied to everyone, or it is discrimination.
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Are you genuinely incapable of distinguishing between a religious text and prurient material?
Boundaries like these are always going to look arbitrary and/or unfair to whoever winds up in the cold. Ultimately it's Amazon's servers, their services, and if they don't want to sell a specific book, that's their business. Let someone else offer it for sale if they so choose.