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Originally Posted by sirbruce
I don't think it's wrong for Amazon to filter out "pornographic" "adult" titles from it's default lists. I do think it's wrong for Amazon to filter out other titles from it's default lists. Of course, distinguishing between one or the other is difficult, but since this was largely the choice of the publisher, they got what they asked for.
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I obviously disagree. I am an adult.
I make my own filters; I don't need Amazon nannying me away from books I want to shop for. I think it is disgusting that they not only do not give any indication that they are doing such filtering, but that they go on to explain it as a "glitch", continue messing with authors' and publishers' livelihoods, and hope no one will notice.
As far as the idea of a publisher "getting what they asked for" because they publish fiction that deals with a valid part of the human condition (i.e. SEX! Nearly everyone does it, for goodness' sake)... pooh to that. The reason why search filters are best when they are user-made/user-directed is because people's opinions on what is and is not taboo differs. You seem to think that "pornographic materials" are not fit to show up in your search results; I think the opposite. You make/activate your own filter, and I will do mine. Of course, if Amazon chooses to "conveniently" insert its own prude filter into the works, I will shop elsehwere.
Seabound, I think I have a nearby Borders with a Sony; it looks pretty enough, but now that the Jetbook is in Bed, Bath & Beyond, I kind of want to have a look at it too. Sony makes a good reader and talks a big game, but I don't doubt that they have the same endgame agenda in mind as Amazon does for the Kindle: become the biggest dog on the street, then use monopoly powers to get their way in everything. I doubt they'll accomplish that in the next five years, though, so they're still a valid option for me, thank goodness
