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Originally Posted by library addict
But the problem is many of the self-pubbed erotica authors do not include erotica as a tag on their books. Some were trying to game the system.
They will set new filters and the books will eventually be back for people to purchase. A bunch of titles have been pulled from Amazon as well. And the authors have to republish them there, too.
I can see both sides of this issue. And while I do think Kobo and Amazon overreacted by pulling so many titles, the book distributor that didn't have filters in place is also to blame. As are the authors who relabeled/retitled their books so they would show up when popular middle-grade authors names were searched.
Many self-pubbed authors I have seen ranting on twitter about censorship and such simply do not have their facts straight.
As for new titles, the Harlequin US stuff that released today is there. Just not the Aussie stuff. Oh well, it is not as if I don't have enough to read  |
That's just it. There is whole category for Erotica. Instead of pulling it they could have made it opt in only. Remove all tags and only use Categories till they get it straight. Instead they pulled all erotica that self published which was super stupid move on their part. It's one thing to pull all self publishing but another to single out a category that could easily be fixed.
Once the category erotica was opt in they could them cull through the rest of the stuff.
Do you have any idea how much this hurts those authors who are trying to make a living? I feel for them they are losing alot of sales and have done nothing wrong.
Why should they be punished because there are others out there who violated the system. It's just not right and the time of the year makes it even worse.