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I'm not quite ready to jump on the bigot bandwagon with Amazon yet. They publish m/m erotica freely.
Yes, this is the second incident made public (that I'm aware of) where the content has happened to be m/m but I do think the first incident - How to Rape a Straight Guy - was a misunderstanding based on the title rather than a bigoted action against gay content. In the end, all content was restored.
I don't like the idea of content being removed myself:
1) It's against the ideal Amazon set up in the first place
2) The size and scope of Amazon as an ebook retailer internationally makes books being banned a rather detrimental thing for authors of those types of books
3) I'm always worried that the threat of point 2 eventually leads to a self-censorship that I take to be detrimental to us as readers
I'm talking of course of concerns I have about these things from a wider perspective. I am not saying that Amazon has to do anything and I'm not saying that they are bigots. That's a word I'm not so anxious to use on people or organisations unless I'm quite sure.
Regards
Caleb
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