tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post4025130872202416341..comments2023-05-21T14:46:54.138+01:00Comments on FictionBitch: Amazon CensorshipElizabeth Baineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-62662088375866195462009-04-14T18:49:00.000+01:002009-04-14T18:49:00.000+01:00Good point, Sheenagh. I don't know the answer to y...Good point, Sheenagh. I don't know the answer to your question re The Book Depository, but I agree re small publishers: I always direct people to my own publisher's website, and have always been a bit baffled as to why others with small publishers don't do so.Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-91220826095717492422009-04-14T18:42:00.000+01:002009-04-14T18:42:00.000+01:00f the Book depository is cheaper than Amazon, is i...f the Book depository is cheaper than Amazon, is it because they demand an even larger rake-off, thus leaving less for the publisher? My daughter works for a small press which cannot afford to market books an Amazon; it takes all their profit. Waterstones aren't much better. Most small publishers these days can sell via their own web sites and if people would buy that way, it would help small presses stay in business and pay authors too.Sheenagh Pughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735299981866333316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-61245056333561537982009-04-14T12:01:00.000+01:002009-04-14T12:01:00.000+01:00The Book Depository is a great alternative - cheap...The Book Depository is a great alternative - cheaper than Amazon, too they say.Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-8335551468870763792009-04-14T11:56:00.000+01:002009-04-14T11:56:00.000+01:00This kind of censorship is very worrying - because...This kind of censorship is very worrying - because of Amazon's dominance in the market. Perhaps it gives us a nudge to look elsewhere when we are buying books online?Rod Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801828229505529131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-85102567524738230882009-04-13T21:03:00.000+01:002009-04-13T21:03:00.000+01:00Thanks, Elizabeth - much appreciated. It seems tha...Thanks, Elizabeth - much appreciated. It seems that the rankings for GLBT books might slowly, slowly be coming back, but we'll keep our eyes wide open from now on, for sure ...<BR/><BR/>Hugs<BR/><BR/>AxxxAnne Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982495677389302410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-26391397771006758222009-04-13T20:17:00.000+01:002009-04-13T20:17:00.000+01:00It's awful, hard to believe. So they practise v.do...It's awful, hard to believe. So they practise v.dodgy censorship and don't give their sick workers breaks...what can be done?nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-69726840601111410132009-04-13T20:00:00.000+01:002009-04-13T20:00:00.000+01:00Well, it probably was for my book, Nasim, but they...Well, it probably was for my book, Nasim, but they really have taken off a whole swathe of gay and lesbian books - and it made the national TV news this evening.Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-21215336015273431312009-04-13T19:54:00.000+01:002009-04-13T19:54:00.000+01:00Hey Eliz, Such censorship is downright scary, but ...Hey Eliz, Such censorship is downright scary, but I have noticed that my ranking too disappears periodically - along with others - but usually rights itself within a day or two. I reckoned it was just a glitch...nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.com