Amazon.com arbitrarily de-listed hundreds -- possibly thousands -- of books for so-called adult content. They're still selling them, but no longer including the de-listed books in sales rankings. The de-listed books include award-winning gay-friendly books and general erotica. My own books are included, and they're definitely "gay friendly," but Stephen Elliott"s "My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up" is also affected, and it has practically no gay content.
Good coverage, comments on jezebel.com, Publishers Weekly.
Update: Associated Press is reporting that Amazon is now saying "There was a glitch in our systems and it's being fixed."
People on Twitter are putting up reaction using the #amazonfail tag.
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