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Originally Posted by Nyssa
I have mixed feelings on this one. I agree that Amazon does have a right to choose what it will sell and what it will not, however, the rules must be in place before hand, if that is what will be used to "drop" a client. I also agree with the person who posted that the book should have been rejected in the first place, if Amazon knew there was a chance it would cause an issue. (how could they not know.)
As to the author of the book - What were you thinking!?! You really couldn't have come up with a better, less offensive title for the book? I, personally, would stay away from any book (regardless of genre) with the word "rape" in the title.
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The publisher actually DID ask me to change the title. I thought about it but could not come up with one that was any better or even as good. So he agreed to print it under that title. And Amazon agreed to sell it under that title. And they did so for over three years. So...the point, while understandable, is moot.
One thing...there are a number of written works with "rape" in the title that I would hope you won't shy away from. Like "The Rape of Nanking," about Japan's annihilation of Nanking, China a few years before Pearl Harbor. Or "The Rape of Lucretia", which is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about how a woman's rape and suicide inspired a revolt that lead to the founding of the Roman Republic. The word is not bad; it's that action that's vile.