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Hi JamTheCat. Good to see you in this thread.
A small question - is your ebook now available to Australia in any way? I'm not sure if your book was published with geographical restrictions or not, but I don't believe I can buy this book from Barnes & Noble or Borders.
Could I have bought it from Amazon when it was listed?
Also - for my own curiosity, can you confirm an assumption I've made reading your blog? Would you consider either of the books pulled erotica? I know you say they're not porno books, but I'm not sure if that actually means the same thing as erotica.
For the murder/mystery it looks like the rape mentioned is just a plot device to kick off the story.
I mention this because I'm surprised by how many responses have kept saying the books in question are "books about gay rape" which I don't feel is the case reading the summary of one of those books.
Not that my say-so means anything, but reading the summary of your books made me feel in no way that the books were sick, perverted or any similar words that seemed to make an appearence on occasion in this thread in some form or other.
Additionally, I don't see how the word "gay" should qualify the word "rape" in any way to make these books any more likely to be singled out.
However, although I think you've been a victim of a fairly clumsy attempt at removing offensive material from sale in reaction to the "how-to pedofile" saga, I do think they're working within their rights here.
I don't like considering where this "cleansing" might be heading and I sincerely hope the situation rights itself before too long and previously stripped books find their way back onto the virtual shelves of Amazon. In the meantime, can you try to make inroads into your previously enjoyed sales by publishing through other organisations like Smashwords? It's a bit of a consolation prize after Amazon, but at least you can find other avenues to get your works out there.
Regards
Caleb
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