Comments on: Amazon goes Bowdler: If it ain’t pabulum, they don’t like it http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/amazon-goes-bluestocking-if-it-aint-pablum-we-dont-like-it/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: FrancisT http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/amazon-goes-bluestocking-if-it-aint-pablum-we-dont-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1037026 FrancisT Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:43:39 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20290#comment-1037026 I think someone gamed the system and that could be very hard to fix. More critically I think this is a sign of major scalability issues for Amazon's business model as I wrote here - http://www.di2.nu/200904/13a.htm - earlier today. I think someone gamed the system and that could be very hard to fix. More critically I think this is a sign of major scalability issues for Amazon’s business model as I wrote here – http://www.di2.nu/200904/13a.htm – earlier today.

]]> By: Ken Hagler http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/amazon-goes-bluestocking-if-it-aint-pablum-we-dont-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1037013 Ken Hagler Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:13:22 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20290#comment-1037013 I was curious whether they might be doing this for other books that might be considered "controversial," but I couldn't figure out what "sales rank" was or how to tell if a book had it or not... I was curious whether they might be doing this for other books that might be considered “controversial,” but I couldn’t figure out what “sales rank” was or how to tell if a book had it or not…

]]> By: Court http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/amazon-goes-bluestocking-if-it-aint-pablum-we-dont-like-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1036721 Court Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:53:33 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=20290#comment-1036721 If this is true, and it appears to be, it really is remarkable. I can't imagine what the folks at Amazon are thinking. Maybe they're being pressured by anti-gay wingnuts or something. Which would only make it worse if it were the case - such craven pandering ... but I'd (still) like to think better of Amazon than this. They sure to seem to be making it harder and harder though. I'll repeat something from below: A commenter at Boing Boing made a good point - the DRM issue is important for obvious reasons, not the least of which is the control of information they thus gain; and the more control Amazon gains, the more their apparent discrimination against gay/lesbian-themed books matters. If this is true, and it appears to be, it really is remarkable. I can’t imagine what the folks at Amazon are thinking. Maybe they’re being pressured by anti-gay wingnuts or something. Which would only make it worse if it were the case – such craven pandering … but I’d (still) like to think better of Amazon than this. They sure to seem to be making it harder and harder though.

I’ll repeat something from below:
A commenter at Boing Boing made a good point – the DRM issue is important for obvious reasons, not the least of which is the control of information they thus gain; and the more control Amazon gains, the more their apparent discrimination against gay/lesbian-themed books matters.

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