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Originally Posted by Blue2u
1st, I do agree, it's a lost battle, because no matter what someone will always be unhappy. I personally don't care what tags are on a book, it's my responsibility to know what I'm buying, so I don't notice or complain, that's on me. But with a company that size , it's their problem to figure out their filtering process if they're going to be the ones to take the heat from it. Just pulling all self-pub authors is a ridiculous response, IMO. I'm not saying the fix is easy, I'm just saying their response is ludicrous. Gah, I don't like getting into these kinds of discussions for this reason, there's no easy answer. I just know I don't appreciate censorship, the same as I don't appreciate generalizations [ie all erotica is pornography]. That's the point I was trying to make.  |
A new process will have to be put into place then Kobo will need to email the authors and publishers to go through the new method and accept the new terms. It will probably take a couple weeks to get everything back to normal.
The thing is this is about Kobo covering their rears. If they put safety measures in place and then someone passes them that person is in violation of Kobo rules and Kobo can't be held as accountable. Being in trouble with the government is a big deal so I can understand the drastic measure.
In the long run this will be a good thing but the growing pains of it will make it harder on us for awhile who do buy from Kobo.