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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Please reread my post. Is Anti-Amazon #1 against the law and two is it for titillating purposes? If the answer is no, then the subject is ok.
In theory, the only genre that should be affected is erotica. If the authors tried to put their smut (for lack of a better term) where it belonged, Amazon would kick it out before it ever got put out for sale. Yes, they do check that genre before letting a book go on sale. To make sure it doesn't violate the terms of service which are for that part in plain and very simple English.
In reality, the smut peddlers know this and so they purposely miscategorize to get their "books" on Amazon. This in turn gets people outraged for more than one reason.
Just wanted to add there are other booksellers that have no problems with selling those types of books.
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There is a difference between not carrying a book because of legal liability or it violates your guide lines and not carrying it because you think it may hurt your business. As I said, Amazon is free to choose not to carry any book they choose not to.
I think that most smut peddlers miscategorize because they are gaming the system to put their book titles in front of more eyes rather than to avoid potential censorship by Amazon. It's a bit like sending out spam, the more eyes that see it, the more likely you are to pick up a sale or two.