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Originally Posted by Catlady
Wait. Smashwords is allowed to refuse to do business according to its own set of standards, but PayPal isn't?
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Why are you outraged? Don't PayPal equally have the right to choose who they do business with? I don't agree with their decision, but I believe it's a decision they have a right to make.
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I'm outraged at their sticking their nose in what books a bookseller can and cannot sell. Yes, as the financial institution through which those books are being sold I suppose that's their right, but the way they went about it and the narrow frame of time they gave Smashwords to comply strikes me as bullying, and perhaps an attempt to drive them out of business.
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
So does this mean than Smashwords will have to crack down on all that paranormal romance involving werewolves? And did Paypal send similar letters to Amazon and B&N, since they sell some or all Smashword titles? When I click through the Amazon free ebook list at eReaderIQ.com, I notice a fair number of erotica stories had mommy/daddy/daughter in the title, which I assume indicate they are violating Paypal's incest policy.
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Amazon doesn't accept PayPal.