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Originally Posted by pwalker8
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.
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You are 100% correct about the gaming.
Is it really censorship if the person knows that Amazon doesn't sell that type of reading material? They are certainly free to sell elsewhere.
I know one erotic writer that puts out 3 different versions of the same story. He categorizes correctly. He puts his Amazon allowed on Amazon. He puts the not Amazon allowed on other book sellers. Different partners.