Oh dear it looks like the folks at Amazon have made a bit of a “cock-up” with one of their latest ventures.  Quite ironic really given that the root of  said boob was their apparent de-ranking of any literature deemed a bit rude or too “adult” in content, or indeed any LGBT literature, which then resulted in the titles not appearing in any Amazon.com searches. 

As well as authors such as Jaci Burton and Stephanie Tyler, being in the firing line, classics such as “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and “Tipping the Velvet” were also de-ranked.  Whilst this may very well provide a great excuse for VI formers across the UK not to do their reading homework, it really does seem a little bit on the crazy side -i f not disturbingly big-brotherish.
 
Quite understandably  the backlash against this has been rife.  People have been twittering and blogging about it left, right and centre, Wossy has got involved.  There’s an online petition (now boasting over 15,000 signatures) and there’s an online campaign to start a “google-bomb”.  It seems a pretty big PR nightmare, for something which Amazon are trying to pass off as a “technical glitch”………..

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