Okay, reading through this thread has been quite an experience...and I'm still a bit raw from it. But I've noticed a great many of the posters made assumptions that need to be cleared up.
1. As I noted just a couple posts earlier, I am NOT a self-published author. All four of my titles have been published through an actual publishing company. It's not Harper Collins or Random House, not by any stretch of the imagination, but I get paid royalties on all books sold...and those books are sold not only through Amazon. BUT -- Amazon sells 65-70% of them (if not more; I won't know till next week, when 2010's sales figures are posted).
2. Amazon may have the right to sell my books or not, as they so wish, but I also have the right to scream about them dumping my books without a valid explanation. If they didn't like the titles, they shouldn't have accepted the books or sold them for years. I didn't hide anything, and that's my name on the covers. Dumping my books like this suggests there is something wrong with them, and like any parent would, I'd defending my babies. And I will do so as loudly and as obnoxiously as I choose.
3. Mine were not the only books Amazon dumped for no understandable reason. They've done this to hundreds, if not thousands, and not just in the US. So I'm not the only person screaming about it.
4. My books do NOT promote rape. They show how destructive and vicious it is. Don't judge my books by their titles; it only exposes your own ignorance.
5. I AM using this to my advantage with sales. I've actually worked up new banners with links to put up on various blogs, banners like this --
http://jamthecat.blogspot.com/2011/0...st-amazon.html
The Thirty Years War has just begun.