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I think most of what's being objected to isn't "regular" erotica, but things like Daddy/Daughter, Babysitter, Teacher, etc. fantasy titles and those generally have a different audience entirely.
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If that was the case they would have removed them long before the Britain-hating Daily Mail started its most recent witch-hunt.
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I wasn't referring to erotica as such, but to the particular titles which are being permanently removed stuff like the rape, incest etc. stories. Have you seen the dino porn? I'm baffled by the fact that anyone would ever buy those.
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Literotica has some interesting selections.
Different people get off on different things. I don't understand it but there are people who get off on incest, rape and the like. I seriously doubt that the vast majority of the people who read that stuff are interested in carrying out or being a victim or rape but for whatever reason, reading about it turns them on. I have no problem with bookstores saying they won't sell those works. A book store is a private company and can sell what it wants. Let them make the call. If they choose to sell that type of stuff, make darn sure that you have a filter that requires people look for those very specific titles or key words and do not allow it to pop up with a regular search. The real problem is that the books stores that are allowing independent publishing need to find a way to check each work that comes in and make sure it includes proper tags. There is a real incentive to not tag erotica as erotica because that probably narrows the searchs that will bring it up. So an independent author might want to skip that tag. Bookstores have to find a way to balance out their responsibility to make sure that people are able to search and not find themselves looking at material that is deemed explicit by most of society. On a lighter note, we did a DNA test on one of our mutts (we were curious) The result came back as chihuahua and mastif. So I guess interesting match ups are possible in the animal kingdom. (She looks to be Beagel/ Australian Shepherd. We are reasonably certain that they used our money to buy some beer and threw darts at the dart board when drunk) |
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The problems start when they become desensitized to the stimulus or get drawn beyond fantasy. The human brain has dangerous mechanisms that can take people down dangerous roads and there is no shortage of people willing to exploit their travels. |
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WH Smith now have their site back up (minus ebooks) Can't believe how long it took them to manage that
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Whitcoulls in New Zealand has also shut down their ebook site: http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/ebooks/ebooks/45
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To be nice they may be just ignorant that fantasy is, like, Harry Potter. |
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A few years ago, we could enter up to five categories. The categories can, however, be changed, so an author could "move" the book around trying various categories at different times. The categories are quite limited and are generally based on the US library of Congress cataloging categories. So, for example, there is no such thing as "Urban Fantasy" or "cozy mysteries." There are other various Kindle categories, but those are not "setable" -- so when you see a ranking of "number 56 in such and such" that is not something that authors can set. We can "request" our book be added to something like that, but Amazon doesn't always respond. So, for example, if you look at my Executive Affairs and Under Witch Ghost short story -- you'll see it is ranked 82 in: Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,233 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store) #82 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Humor & Satire > General Humor But I don't set that. I can't even see a category labeled "Humor and Satire" when selecting categories. This happens in other stores as well. Without a Bang over on Kobobooks is showing up under: #3370 in Fiction & Literature , Fiction , Short Stories #3907 in Fiction & Literature , Fiction , Religious #2281 in Sci Fi & Fantasy , Science Fiction , Adventure Note that I did NOT choose Religious--the story has nothing to do with religious and I have no idea why it shows up there. But there you have it. I've actually contacted kobobooks on the Religious thing--it's dystopian fiction, which isn't religious in my opinion, but perhaps using that word in the description caused it to show up there? No idea. Of course Kobobooks has its hands full right now so I don't expect an answer anytime soon... |
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Dragons and Dreams still isn't up. It was distributed by D2D. I've written D2D to ask them what's up.
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Found this very interesting talk by Kobo's Michael Tamblyn on the whole "eroticagate" and how difficult the whole process was to handle.
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