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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
There have been a few like that. The reason they are pulled has nothing to do with consumers feelings and everything to do with they violate the terms of service.
You can publish just about any subject you want. There are several subjects that you can't publish if they are for titillating purposes. (Does the subject violate the law in most states or countries? If yes, those are subjects that can't be published for titillating purposes.)
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In general, Amazon is a business and is free to choose not to carry a book if they feel that it would be bad for business. Of course the flip side of pulling a book because some object to it is that you normally get blow back when you that. That's one reason that Amazon carries some anti-Amazon books.
Just to give my 2 cents worth on the overall topic of the thread, people are certainly free to condemn anything they want to, and I'm free to ignore them, which is what I normally do.
When looking at a given book, I know up front that certain authors or subjects will attract a group of "reviewers" who give stars based on the author or subject, not the book in hand. I tend to look at the spread of the ratings, and then read the more helpful reviews. You know the ones that don't start "Author X is evil and I wish he would die a horrible death" or "Author X is the most wonderful person in the world".