Amazon Rank
amazon rank
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): amazon ranked
1. To censor and exclude on the basis of adult content in literature (except for Playboy, Penthouse, dogfighting and graphic novels depicting incest orgies).
2. To make changes based on inconsistent applications of standards, logic and common sense.
This is related to a firestorm of internet activity. The problem? Amazon.com decided to de-rank a whole host of GBLT books, and beyond that a whole bunch of erotica books. This de-ranking means these books won’t show up in searches or on best-seller lists.
See the following links for more information:
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Unfunny Business
Twitter #AmazonFail
MetaWriter
Open letters and articles:
Landale
Denver Examiner: Online Censorship? Amazon Strips Rankings of Gay and Lesbian Books
Luke Waterfield
On Amazon Failure, Meta-Trolls, and Bantown
Dear Author
The Petition
Church of the Customer
Gawker
AP
I heart digital life (German)
Thickculture
Jezebel