Hi guys,
following this:
http://community.livejournal.com/meta_writer/11369.htmlI've been asked for more information and am collecting the books/authors that are affected
- Author/title
- Level of explicitness/genre
- GLTB content?
- Censored on which amazon website
- Link (maybe even a screencap)?
Collection: Books that had their sales ranks removed: FictionOut of a Top 100 Gay Novels List on Elisa Rolle's LJ almost all the books are "purged", including authors such as Jamie O'Neill, Edmund White, Andre Aciman. Link:
http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/593110.htmlJames Baldwin,
Giovanni's RoomAnnie Proulx
Brokeback MountainStripped of sales rank on amazon.com, but not on amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/BROKEBACK-MOUNTAIN-ANNIE-PROULX/dp/2246699215ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562478&sr=1-3Jeanette Winterson's
OrangesAre Not The Only FruitRadclyffe Hall's
The Well of Loneliness.
None of which can be called "erotica" by any stretch of the imagination.
(the only "sex scene" in
The Well of Loneliness consists in its entirety of the words "And that night they were not divided.")
Alex Beecroft:
False Colours, m/m historical romance, just broken through and ranking in top 10 historical novels-- i.e. non-romance, non-gay-- and then it suddenly disappeared entirely from the rankings. The novel is NOT erotica, contains only one non-explicit sex scene, but the central premise features two male characters falling in love.
http://www.amazon.com/False-Colors-M-Romance/dp/0762436581The Kindle version of False Colors has a sales rank but has had the 'an m/m romance' taken off its name!
http://www.amazon.com/False-Colors-ebook/dp/B0026A6C3QCensored on Amazon.com
Alex Beecroft, Captain's Surrender
heat level mild; about one page of sex scenes all told in a book 196 pages long
http://www.amazon.com/Captains-Surrender-Alex-Beecroft/dp/1602020892 Censored on Amazon.com
The Kindle version of Captain's Surrender has no sales rank either.
http://www.amazon.com/Captains-Surrender/dp/B00140IURUErastes
Transgressions - similar case to
False Colours, screen cap here:
http://erastes.livejournal.com/371921.htmlErastes
Standish Erastes
Speak Its NameErastes
Frost Fair(on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk)
Storm Grant - Gym Dandy
Level of explicitness/genre: a RomCom with a heat level of 2 out of 5.
GLTB content?: boy meets boy
Censored on which amazon website: .com, .uk, and .ca*
Proof of sales rank:
http://pics.livejournal.com/storm_grant/pic/0002ydd8/Leslie Feinberg
Stone Butch Blueshttp://www.amazon.com/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1555838537http://www.amazon.de/Stone-Butch-Blues-Leslie-Feinberg/dp/1555838537Sales rank removed
Rita Mae Brown
Rubyfruit Junglehttp://www.amazon.com/Rubyfruit-Jungle-Rita-Mae-Brown/dp/055327886Xhttp://www.amazon.de/Rubyfruit-Jungle-Rita-Mae-Brown/dp/055327886XSales rank removed
Sarah Waters
Tipping The Velvet now has no sales rank in one of its editions ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tipping-Velvet-Virago-Sarah-Waters/dp/1860495249http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Velvet-Novel-Sarah-Waters/dp/1573227889/ref=pd_sim_b_2 http://www.amazon.de/Tipping-Velvet-Novel-Sarah-Waters/dp/1573227889/ref= pd_sim_b_2
It still does in another edition:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tipping-Velvet-Sarah-Waters/dp/1844080110The only difference seems to be that this one doesn't have the word "lesbian" anywhere in its "Look for similar items by subject".
E M Forster -
Mauricehttp://www.amazon.com/Maurice-Novel-E-M-Forster/dp/0393310329/ref=sr_1_1? ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550630&sr=1-1
(Amazon.com - "Heat level" - neglegible)
(Sales rank removed)
Charlie Cochrane: Lessons in Love
http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Charlie-Cochrane/dp/1602021481/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239547504&sr=1-1(no sex in the book)
(Sales rank removed)
Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man
http://www.amazon.com/Single-Man-Christopher-Isherwood/dp/0816638624/Gay protagonist. I don't recall any explicit sex.
(Sales rank removed)
Edmund White's The Beautiful Room Is Empty
http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Room-Empty-Novel/dp/0679755403/Haven't read, however, it's certainly critically acclaimed (as is A Single Man)
(Sales rank removed)
Edmund White's
A Boy's Own Story Both of the Edmund White novels do contain explicit sex scenes, but they're far from not "erotica", and they're acclaimed as literary classics.
(Sales rank removed)
Andrew Holleran's Dancer From The Dance
http://www.amazon.com/Dancer-Dance-Novel-Andrew-Holleran/dp/0060937068/Gay protagonist. Non-explicit, though much is implied. Harold Robbins is steamier and retains his sales rank.
(Sales rank removed)
JL Langley's Tin Star (Amazon.ca)
(Sales rank removed)
James Buchanan: The Good Thief, Twice the Cowboy, Twice the Ride, Cheating Chance
(Only his print editions have had their sales rank stripped) Amazon.com
Screencap for Good Thief here:
http://www.james-buchanan.com/GT.pdfMore proof:
http://www.james-buchanan.com/amazonfail.pdfR W Day
A Strong and Sudden Thaw Iris Press edition - has a ranking, Kindle version of the Lethe edition has a ranking. The print version of the Lethe edition does not (
http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Sudden-Thaw-R-Day/dp/1590210638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239551741&sr=1-1)
When you search by title from the Amazon home page, the Lethe print edition doesn't even make the first page of results. In fact, the first hit is a book by another author with the same name as me, and the second is Ginn Hale's
Wicked Gentlemen, which still has a ranking, btw.
Anne Brooke - Maloney's Law
- Gay crime fiction - 2 sex scenes, one brief.
- GLTB content - Yes
- Censored on which amazon website - amazon.us and amazon.uk
Amazon UK link -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Maloneys-Law-Anne-Brooke/dp/1933720484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216456533&sr=8-1Amazon US link -
http://www.amazon.com/Maloneys-Law-Anne-Brooke/dp/1933720484/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215868106&sr=8-1Both have had their ranking stripped. It's also very hard now to search directly for the book as you can't do just any combination of author/title into the search field. It has to be title OR author and not both. That's a change from last week ...
Krandall Kraus
Love's Last Chance Cannot be searched by on Amazon directly by title
http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1239552371/ref=sr_gnr_aps?ie=UTF8&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=loves%20last%20chanceCould be googled and got this link
http://www.amazon.com/Loves-Last-Chance-Mystery-Mysteries/dp/1555835058>th
e amazon listing.
You cannot even search for things by title.
Jane Davitt
Wild Raspberries (m/m romance)
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Raspberries-Jane-Davitt/dp/1603703209/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239553045&sr=1-3No sales ranks anymore (same author,
Drawing Closer does
LJ post about sales rank:
http://janedavitt.livejournal.com1065639.htmlShayla Kersten
The Cost of EternityErotic romance (Ellora's Cave), GLTB content
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Cost-Eternity-Shayla-Kersten/dp/1419956655/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-0198097-5214063?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188657417&sr=1-1Various authors
Seduction (Black Lace anthology)Women's erotica (some same sex encounters but mostly het)
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Seduction-Various-Authors/dp/0352345101/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217641842&sr=1-3Jackson, Chase, Kersten
Masters of DesireEerotic romance (Kensington Aphrodisia)
No GLTB content
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Desire-Layla-Chase/dp/0758225490/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217641768&sr=1-6According to the authors on the Kensington Aphrodisia group, all of the Aphro stories have had ranking removed. Aphro novels are erotic romance and some have GLBT content.
Mary Renault
The Charioteerhttp://www.amazon.com/Charioteer-Mary-Renault/dp/0375714189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554137&sr=1-1Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark "Sweet romance" - all the sex is behind closed doors, apart from a kiss or two and some cuddling. It features two men falling in love.
Censored on all amazon websites
http://www.amazon.com/Whistling-Dark-Tamara-Allen/dp/1590210492/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229019320&sr=8-1The Kindle version has never had a sales rank, as far as the author knows. The print version lost its sales rank on Friday morning.
George Bennett Fain
Pandora's Boxhttp://www.amazon.com/Pandoras-Box-George-Bennett-Fain/dp/0615141358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554619&sr=1-1No sales rank. Description contains the phrase "homosexual tones".
Whereas hir other book, <ahref="http://www.amazon.com/this-darkest-hour-george-bennett/dp/141169508>This Darkest Hour</a>, still has a sales rank, even though it's full of smut. Description contains the phrase "sexy gay novella". But it's out of print, so that might have anything to do with it.
Lee Rowan, all books in the print editions, Kindle versions seem to be there, but the Kindle editions are not in author's profile (affects Ransom, Winds of Change, Eye of the Storm, Sail Away, Walking Wounded, Speak Its Name).
They are all m/m romance, heat level 3-3.5 on a scale of 5
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A14XRHD2PWFW4D/ref=sv_ys_4It also affects self-published authors:
Marquesate
Her Majesty's Men Explicit, military gay erotica, m/m
Censored on amazon.co.uk and amazon.com
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Her-Majestys-Men-Marquesate/dp/0955988004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239557697&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Her-Majestys-Men-Marquesate/dp/0955988004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239557739&sr=1-1It has become impossible to find the book when searching generally. Search box now has to be set on "books"
Jenna Jones,
Chiaroscuro, and
Something Beautifulm/m romance
http://www.amazon.com/Chiaroscuro-Jenna-Jones/dp/1603704132/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556726&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Something-Beautiful-Jenna-Jones/dp/1603704116 /ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_img_in
Had ranks stripped
Angela Fiddler -
PulseExplicit m/m GLBT content, Kindle version still online
Isabel Miller
Patience and SarahHistorical novel. Erotic content limited to the words "Where's my wet? Where's my melt?"
Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe,
Mr. Right Now Explicit GLBT
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Right-Now-Rhianne-Aile/dp/0981508421/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558793&sr=1-1Fae Sutherland & Marguerite Labbe
Bee Among The CloverExplicit GLBT
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Bee-Among-Clover-Fae-Sutherland/dp/1607670356/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558793&sr=1-2 Julia Serano
Whipping GirlNon-fiction - about trans women and femininity. Not very explicit at all. Some description (for example, frank talk of anatomy), but overall, pretty tame.
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Whipping-Girl-Transsexual-Scapegoating-Femininity/dp/1580051545/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559105&sr=1-1Jacqueline Carey's
Kushiel's Legacy series, first trilogy has sales ranks (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar) but not the second trilogy (Kushiel's Scion, Kushiel's Justice, Kushiel's Mercy), mass-market paperback editions.
Mild side of explicit, definitely BDSM, maybe occasional GLBT pairings but mostly het.
Censored on Amazon.com
Links (first three just for reference):
http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Dart-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765342987/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Chosen-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765345048/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-5 http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Avatar-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0765347539/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-4http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Scion-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661002X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-6http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Justice-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/0446610143/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-3http://www.amazon.com/Kushiels-Mercy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661016X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559225&sr=1-2Gerri Hill, The Rainbow Cedar
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Cedar-Gerri-Hill/dp/1594931240/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559303&sr=1-12 Georgia Beers, Too Close to Touch
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Close-Touch-Georgia-Beers/dp/1933110473/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559303&sr=1-11 E. Lynn Harris, "I Say A Little Prayer"
Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships
http://www.amazon.com/I-Say-Little-Prayer-Novel/dp/0385512724/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_4 -- hardcover, no ranking
http://www.amazon.com/Say-Little-Prayer-Lynn-Harris/dp/1400077281/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_12 -- paperback, no ranking
Kindle Edition still ranked.
E. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"
Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Day-Goes-Lynn-Harris/dp/1400075785/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_10 -- paperback, no ranking
Hardcover, Kindle, and Large print still ranked
E. Lynn Harris, "Not A Day Goes By"
Romance, on par with any other romance novel (Nora Roberts, etc.) Gay and straight relationships
http://www.amazon.com/Any-Way-Wind-Blows-Novel/dp/0385721188/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_9 -- paperback, no ranking
http://www.amazon.com/Any-Wind-Blows-Lynn-Harris/dp/0385495056/ref=ed_oe_h -- hardcover, no ranking
http://www.amazon.com/Any-Wind-Blows-Lynn-Harris/dp/078625792X/ref=ed_oe_h -- large print, no ranking (but also out of print) Kindle edition still has a ranking.
This is particularly awful because E. Lynn Harris is an author
with a special Amazon "store".
Quentin Crisp - most works seems to have befallen the same fate:
http://www.amazon.com/Stately-Homo-Celebration-Quentin-Crisp/dp/0593046773/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559828&sr=1-4Censored on Amazon.com
Patricia Nell Warren, The Front Runner
Gay romance granddaddy of them all, published in 1974
Its sales ranks are stripped by Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Front-Runner-Patricia-Nell-Warren/dp/0964109964/Various, I Do: an anthology in support of marriage equality
Varying heat levels, some erotica. A charity anthology in support of the Lambda Legal Fund.
http://www.amazon.com/I-DO-Kris-Jacen/dp/1934531707 Perihan Magden, Two Girls
Not explicit at all - a tragic story about two teenage girls falling in love, although I don't recall the word 'lesbian' ever even being mentioned outright.
Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de (the English edition; the German edition still has its sales rank)
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Girls-Perihan-Magden/dp/1852428996/Marion Zimmer Bradly, The Catch Trap
A bare handful of not very explicit sex scenes in over almost 700 pages. What might be more of a problem is that one of the protagonists is rather young when the relationship starts. - gay relationhsip, gay rights issues.
Censored at amazon.com, amazon.co.uk. On amazon.de the sales rank has been removed for the English edition in
http://www.amazon.de/Catch-Trap-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0345315642 one instance, and left for two other editions, as well as the German one.) -
http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Trap-Marion-Zimmer-Bradley/dp/0345315642 A.J. Mirag, Clippings
Explicit GLBT
Censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Clippings-J-Mirag/dp/0557013011/Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt
Classic lesbian novel
http://www.amazon.com/Price-Salt-Patricia-Highsmith/dp/0393325997/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563211&sr=1-1Chris Bridges, Giggling Into the Pillow
Collection of funny erotica, all or mostly het, very explicit
US Amazon deranked it
http://www.amazon.com/Giggling-Into-Pillow-Chris-Bridges/dp/0595254306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563093&sr=1-1Interestingly, the hardcover edition is still ranked:
http://www.amazon.com/Giggling-Into-Pillow-Chris-Bridges/dp/0595651704/ref=ed_oe_h Kiernan Kelly, Riding Heartbreak Road
http://www.amazon.com/Riding-Heartbreak-Road-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1934166251Kiernan Kelly, In Bear Country
http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Country-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1603700072/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239549662&sr=1-2Kiernan Kelly, Seti's Heart
http://www.amazon.com/Setis-Heart-Kiernan-Kelly/dp/1603702598/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239549876&sr=1-1Kiernan Kelly, In Bear Country II: The Barbary Coast
http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Country-II-Barbary-Coast/dp/1603704027/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550489&sr=1-1 Kiernan Kelly, In Their Own Skins: Shifting Sands
http://www.amazon.com/Shifting-Sands-Their-Own-Skin/dp/1603705783/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550657&sr=1-1All deranked by amazon.com
Ann Rice, Sleeping Beauty series
The Story of O
Best Lesbian Erotica books series.
Jay Lygon, Chaos Magic, Love Runes
GLBT erotica
Third book in the trilogy, Personal Demons, still has a ranking.
Michael Thomas Ford's books
Steve Berman, Vintage (YA novel)
Berman (a YA novel)
Catherine Lundoff (ed), Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades
(lesbian ghost stories)
ALL of the books from the GLBT publisher Torquere Press have been deranked!
Some examples:
http://www.amazon.com/Forged-Sean-Michael/dp/1603705872/ref=pd_sim_b_1http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Glove-IV-Sean-Michael/dp/1603705473/ref=pd_sim_b_3http://www.amazon.com/5-OClock-Bar-Chris-Owen/dp/160370549X/ref=pd_sim_b_5Eden Bradley
Contemporary erotica and erotic romance (No GLBT content)
Censored on amazon US, UK (can't even get search results under my name), Canada, Germany
TITLES: The Dark Garden The Darker Side of Pleasure Exotica: Seven Days of Kama Sutra, Nine Days of Arabian Nights Hot Nights, Dark Desires (erotic romance anthology) Exclusive (erotic romance anthology) Surrender: Tales of Submission (erotica anthology) Forbidden Fruit Naughty Bits (erotica anthology) A 21st Century Courtesan Beyond Desire (erotica anthology)
Mary Renault, The Friendly Young Ladies
censored at amazon.com
Lauren Dane, Taking Care of Business:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0352345020/ref=cm_pdp_arms_dp_6Deranked at Amazon.com)
Patti O'Shea, In Twilight's Shadow
Paranormal Romance/one consummated love scene at the end of the book, no GLTB content
Censored on amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Twilights-Shadow-Patti-OShea/dp/0765355809Steve Kluger, Almost Like Being in Love
Story about two high school boys who fall in love and then drift apart during college. No adult content.
http://www.amazon.com/Almost-Like-Being-Love-Novel/dp/0060595833/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565997&sr=1-2Dan Savage
http://www.amazon.com/Commitment-Love-Sex-Marriage-Family/dp/0452287634http://www.amazon.com/Savage-Love-Straight-Americas-Columnist/dp/0452278155Pregnant Boyfriend: Censored on Amazon.com/ca/co.uk
Cassidy Ryan, Sleeping with the Past
Censored on Amazon.com and .co.uk
http://www.amazon.com/Sleeping-Past-Cassidy-Ryan/dp/1603704213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239567827&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleeping-Past-Cassidy-Ryan/dp/1603704213/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239567973&sr=1-1A search for Richard Stevenson, author of the Don Strachey mysteries, gives you only the Kindle versions of his books and one of the movies:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+stevenson&x=0&y=0Alexander Chee, EDINBURGH
(sales rankign removed; interestingly, it still shows up in "all departments" search results).
Justin Chin, BURDEN OF ASHES
(sales ranking removed, but does not show up in "all department" searches).
Justin Chin, HARMLESS MEDICINE
Katherine V Forrest, Curious Wine
(arguably one of the most famous lesbian novels):
http://www.amazon.com/Curious-Wine-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1555836615/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-6Katherine V Forrest, Daughters of a Coral Dawn
(and also its two sequels):
http://www.amazon.com/Daughters-Coral-Dawn-Katherine-Forrest/dp/1555836623/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-7Rank removed on amazon.co.uk and amazon.de
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Curious-Wine-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1872642020/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568444&sr=8-6Katherine V Forrest, All in the Seasoning
http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Seasoning-Katherine-V-Forrest/dp/1932859268/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568538&sr=1-2(Ranking removed)
Liberty Square: A Kate Delafield mystery (and other Kate Delafield books--these are mystery novels and I believe them to contain little, if any, romantic/erotic content other than the fact that the main character is a lesbian):
http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Square-Kate-Delafield-Mystery/dp/0425176754/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568187&sr=1-8Clare London: "The Gold Warrior" "Twisted Brand" "Sparks Fly"
Gay romance AND/OR gay erotica. They all contain explicit m/m sex scenes, but of course there's no way of identifying that for certain from the blurb.
All have lost their sales rankings in BOTH dot COM and CO UK.
- Author/title: Taboo Treats, Liz Andrews editor
- Level of explicitness/genre VERY explicit BDSM Halloween erotica
- GLTB content? Yes, at least 2 of the 6 stories
- Censored on which amazon website Amazon US
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Taboo Treats does not show in an All Departments search
- Author/title Flipped Fables, S A Clements editor
- Level of explicitness/genre Explicit m/m anthology
- GLTB content? yes, m/m
- Censored on which amazon website US
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Flipped Fables- Author/title Angelia Sparrow, "Pushing the Boundaries of Reality" Kindle edition
- Level of explicitness/genre erotic cyberpunk
- GLTB content? no
- Censored on which amazon website US, does show up in Kindle Store searches
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Pushing the Boundaries of Reality- Author/title Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Color of Magic/Color of Money" (kindle)
- Level of explicitness/genre fantasy erotica
- GLTB content? yes, m/m
- Censored on which amazon website US
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Color of Magic/Color of Money shows up in the Kindle store but not in All Departments
- Author/title Toybox: Sounds, edited M.Rode (kindle)
- Level of explicitness/genre erotica
- GLTB content? yes, m/m
- Censored on which amazon website US
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Sounds shows in a Books and Kindle search, but not a general one. Toyboxes for Oil, Rope and Collars are also missing on the general
- Author/title Angelia Sparrow & Naomi Brooks, "Collared Hearts"
- Level of explicitness/genre BDSM erotica
- GLTB content? yes
- Censored on which amazon website US
- Link (maybe even a screencap)? Collared Hearts has problems with its listing and is not showing up on All Department searches, although it shows on Kindle Store and Books
John Cleland
sexually explicit, mostly het sex. usually classified as
classic, at least one lesbian encounter
Censored on amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.com/Fanny-Hill-Pleasure-Wordsworth-Wadsworth/dp/1840224177/ref=pd_cp_b_1?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1604596163&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1CKX37PZ9T7XQ5YP7PEXhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Fanny-Hill-Pleasure-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1840224177/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566020&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.ca/Penguin-Classics-Fanny-Memoirs-Pleasure/dp/0140432493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566030&sr=1-1"
LAWRENCE SCHIMEL reports that all of his books have been stripped of their sales rankings. Author MICHAEL D. SNEDIKER reports the same.
Emma Holly, Fairyville
It's got straight and gay erotic romance, plus m/m/f menage
http://www.amazon.com/Fairyville-Berkley-Sensation-Emma-Holly/dp/0425224767/There's a budget version of it that still shows up in searches, but not the 'real' version.
Laura Baumbach: A Bit of Rough, Out There in the Night, Details of the Hunt, Hostage, Blood Desires, Scared Stiff, Blood Claim, MEXICAN HEAT, The Lost Temple of Karttikeya, The Ties That Bind, Roughhousing, A Bite Before Christmas
Steamy, GLBT, Censored on amazon.com
All MLR Press books are de-ranked, too.
Young AdultAlex Sanchez Rainbow Boys (YA)
http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Boys-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689857705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550221&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Boys-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689857705/ref=pd_si m_b_2
(Sales rank removed)
Alex Sanchez, Rainbow Road (YA)
http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Road-Alex-Sanchez/dp/141691191X/ref=pd_sim_b_1_imghttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-Road-Alex-Sanchez/dp/141691191X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556298&sr=1-1(Sales rank removed)
Rainbow High (YA)
http://www.amazon.com/Rainbow-High-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689854781/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239550483&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rainbow-High-Alex-Sanchez/dp/0689854781/ref=pd_sim_b_1(Sales rank removed)
(None of Alex Sanchez's other books have lost their rankings though they all contain m/m content)
Mark Probst
The Fillyhttp://www.amazon.ca/Filly-Mark-R-Probst/dp/0979777305/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 &s=books&qid=1239547211&sr=8-1 (amazon.ca)
(Sales rank removed)
None of the [YA] f/f books I checked had their rankings removed - this includes books by Julie Peters, Ellen Wittlinger and Nancy Garden, among others. Neither have David Levithan's or Brett Hartinger's or any of the other m/m novels I checked. Most of the novels I checked are mainstream teen fiction, that were well reviewed in library journals, as that is what I'm most familiar with.
Marion Dane Bauer
Am I Bluehttp://www.amazon.com/Am-I-Blue-Coming-Silence/dp/0064405877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556580&sr=1-1>
Anthology by YA authors about 'growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends', has an age recommendation of 9-12 and has no ranking.
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s249/riversbend/amiblue.jpgNon-FictionThe Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students
http://www.amazon.com/Advocate-College-Guide-LGBT-Students/dp/155583857X/No protagonist, but intended for LGBT college-bound students. Haven't read, but I expect is non-explicit.
(Sales rank removed)
Robert Adrich Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History (amazon.ca)
(Sales rank removed)
Dr. Nathaniel Frank
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America has also been pulled from the rankings. A book on
military policy - not exactly racy stuff.
http://www.amazon.com/Unfriendly-Fire-Undermines-Military-Weakens/dp/0312373481/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554070&sr=1-1Louis-Georges Tin (Editor), Marek Redburn (Translator): The Dictionary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience (Paperback)
(Amazon.ca)
(Sales rank removed)
Different Loving (D/s),
Threesomes (swinging), and Anapol's
Polyamory are all lacking a rank. The third book is about as bland as bland can get, although the first is admittedly "spicy" (or, at least, frank).
However, lasciviously titled books like
Become a Total Man Magnet: Make Every Man Fall in Love with You Instantly - Make Him Chase You Down Desperately and Beg for Attention and
The Manual: A True Bad Boy Explains How Men Think, Date, and Mate--and What Women Can Do to Come Out on Top have rankings.
BDSM nonfiction
SM 101 has no ranking:
http://www.amazon.com/101-Realistic-Introduction-Jay-Wiseman/dp/0963976389/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556468&sr=1-1 The New Bottoming Book - no ranking:
http://www.amazon.com/New-Bottoming-Book-Janet-Hardy/dp/1890159352/ref=pd_cp_b_3?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=096397638 9&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0BD587CY97NNHM9DFDQP
The Loving Dominant - no ranking
http://www.amazon.com/Loving-Dominant-John-Warren/dp/1890159727/ref=pd_sim_b_3 Three in Love (historic examples of menage a trois, not a how-to) - no ranking:
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Love-Menages-Ancient-Modern/dp/0595008070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556612&sr=1-1 Leslie Feinberg
Transgender WarriorsNon-fiction. No erotic content.
Leslie Feinberg
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue Non-fiction. No erotic content unless you find impassioned arguments for socialised medicine arousing.
Kate Bornstein
My Gender WorkbookNon-fiction. Definitely not erotica, but does mention sometimes that there is such a thing as sex.
The Dictionary of Homophobia
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DICTIONARY-HOMOPHOBIA-History-Lesbian-Experience/dp/1551522292/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556548&sr=1-2Challenging Homophobia: Teaching About Sexual Diversity
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Challenging-Homophobia-Teaching-Sexual-Diversity/dp/1858564131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239556548&sr=1-1 Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Whos-Who-Lesbian-History-Mid-Twentieth/dp/0415159830/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558561&sr=1-1 Strangers: Homosexuality in the Nineteenth Century
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strangers-Homosexuality-Nineteenth-Graham-Robb/dp/0330482246/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Sex, Love and Homophobia: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Lives
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Love-Homophobia-Bisexual-Transgender/dp/1873328575/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239558893&sr=1-4 Rictor Norton, Mother Clap's Molly House: The Gay Subculture in England 1700-1830
Prof. B.R. Burg, Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean
Prof. B.R. Burg, Boys at Sea: Sodomy, Indecency, and Courts Martial in Nelson's Navy
Hans Turley, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash: Piracy, Sexuality and Masculine Identity
Vito Russo,
Celluloid Closethttp://www.amazon.com/Celluloid-Closet-Homosexuality-Movies/dp/0060961325/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560084&sr=1-1The DVD still comes up fine, incidentally.
Randy Shilts / The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Biography
http://www.amazon.com/Mayor-Castro-Street-Times-Harvey/dp/0312560850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560212&sr=1-1 -- paperback, no ranking
Randy Shilts / Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military
http://www.amazon.com/Conduct-Unbecoming-Gays-Lesbians-Military/dp/0312342640/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239560212&sr=1-4 -- paperback, no ranking
Randy Shilts is also the author of "And The Band Played On" -- still does have its sales ranking.
Travel guides e.g.:
http://www.amazon.com/Damron-Womens-Traveller/dp/0929435672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559742&sr=1-1 Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, Kate Bornstein, Pomosexuals: challenging assumptions about gender and sexuality
http://www.amazon.com/PoMoSexuals-Challenging-Assumptions-Gender-Sexuality/dp/1573440744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562607&sr=1-1Sales Rank Stripped by Amazon.com
William N. Eskridge Jr., Gaylaw: Challenging the Apartheid of the Closet
important nonfiction book about American law and gay rights, no adult content anywhere
http://www.amazon.com/Gaylaw-Challenging-William-Eskridge-Jr/dp/0674008049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562681&sr=1-1Paul Ruditis, Queer as Folks
(Behind the scenes book on QaF US)
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-as-Folk-Paul-Ruditis/dp/0743476360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565633&sr=1-1Cache at google, from April 4th:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:osiXoaWLy3cJ:www.amazon.com/Queer-as-Folk-Paul-Ruditis/dp/0743476360queer+as+folk+the+book&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ukBruce Bagemhil, Biological Exuberance
(seminal text on sexuality in animals)
http://www.amazon.com/Biological-Exuberance-Homosexuality-Diversity-Stonewall/dp/031225377X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239568033&sr=1-1Psy.D. Paul Joannides, The Guide to Getting It On, 6th Edition
Self-Help, Guide book, textbook GLTB mentioned positively, mainly heterofocused
censored on Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Getting-Psy-D-Paul-Joannides/dp/1885535333/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239565932&sr=1-1 Epistemology of the Closet by Eve Kosofsky Hedgwick
http://www.amazon.com/Epistemology-Closet-Eve-Kosofsky-Sedgwick/dp/0520254066/In a Queer Time and Place: Transgender Bodies, Subcultural Lives (Sexual Cultures) by Judith Halberstam
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Time-Place-Transgender-Subcultural/dp/0814735851/Queer Theory: An Introduction by Annamarie Jagose
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Theory-Introduction-Annamarie-Jagose/dp/0814742343/The Trouble with Normal: Sex, Politics, and the Ethics of Queer Life by Michael Warner
http://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Normal-Politics-Ethics-Queer/dp/0674004418/No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive (Series Q) by Lee Edelman
http://www.amazon.com/No-Future-Queer-Theory-Death/dp/0822333694/Gay TV and Straight America by Ron Becker
http://www.amazon.com/Gay-Straight-America-Ron-Becker/dp/0813536898/The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV by Stephen Tropiano
http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Time-Closet-History-Lesbians/dp/1557835578/Up From Invisibility: Lesbians, Gay Men, and the Media in America by Larry Gross (yeah, ironic, I know)
http://www.amazon.com/Up-Invisibility-Lesbians-Media-America/dp/0231119534/Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television, 1930s to the Present by Steven Capsuto
http://www.amazon.com/Alternate-Channels-Uncensored-Lesbian-Television/dp/0345412435/All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America by Suzanna Danuta Walters
http://www.amazon.com/All-Rage-Story-Visibility-America/dp/0226872327/Queer Cinema, the Film Reader by Harry Benshoff
http://www.amazon.com/Queer-Cinema-Reader-Focus-Routledge-Readers/dp/0415319870/ True Selves - written for therapists/social workers
http://www.amazon.com/True-Selves-Understanding-Transsexualism-Professionals/dp/0787967025/ref=pd_sim_b_3Transgender History.. is a history book
http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-Studies-Susan-Stryker/dp/158005224X/ref=pd_sim_b_4Nobody Passes - an anthology about passing, including racial/gender/class passing...
http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Passes-Rejecting-Gender-Conformity/dp/1580051847/ref=pd_sim_b_7Becoming a Visible Man - memoir by activist Jamison Green:
http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X/ref=pd_sim_b_8The Transgender Studies Reader: transgender theory:
http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Reader-Susan-Stryker/dp/041594709X/ref=pd_sim_b_9Transgender Rights - social justice, dicrimination issues, legislation.
So not erotic:
http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Rights-Paisley-Currah/dp/0816643121/ref=pd_sim_b_11 Same-Sex Marriage: The Legal and Psychological Evolution in America WesleyanUPr) by Cantor, Cantor, et al, has been deranked
BiographiesJohn Barrowman
Anything Goes, Biography
Paperback Edition has a ranking ttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Goes-Aut
obiography-John-Barrowman/dp/1843173336/r
ef=pd_sim_m_h__3
But the hardcover edition doesn't:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Goes-John-Barrowman-Carole/dp/1843172895/ref=ed_oe_hThey also seem to have stripped the title search result with another book co-written by Krandal Krauss, <ahref=http://www.amazon.com/its-never-about-what-learned/dp/1555835716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&s=books&qid=1239553025&sr=1-1#reader>It's Never About What It's About.</a> This book is a memoir on coping with life and death in the wake of the AIDS virus. It is a reflection on spirituality, *not* an adult work.
Kate Bornstein
Gender OutlawAutobiography. Not erotica at all.
V. G. Lee, Diary of a Provincial Lesbian
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Provincial-Lesbian-V-G-Lee/dp/0906500869/ref=sr_1_59?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559689&sr=1-59Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell, eds., GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary
Non-fiction, personal biographies and essays,
I don't recall much sexual content.
http://www.amazon.com/GenderQueer-Voices-Beyond-Sexual-Binary/dp/1555837301/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561631&sr=1-1"
Mattilda a.k.a. Matthew Bernstein Sycamore (ed.), Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity (Paperback)
Non-fiction, personal biographies and essays. Don't remember much sexual content.
http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Passes-Rejecting-Gender-Conformity/dp/1580051847/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561631&sr=1-2"
Aaron Raz Link and Hilda Raz, What Becomes You
Non-fiction, autobiography. Little sexual content.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Becomes-You-American-Lives/dp0803216424ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561812&sr=1-1Jamison Green,
Becoming a Visible ManClassic FTM memoir
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Visible-Man-Jamison-Green/dp/082651457X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561497&sr=1-1Not only has no sales rank, but an exact title search and a search for the author, Jamison Green, gave no first page hits
Censored on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Interestingly, the search suggestions are still there!
Neil McKenna, The Secret Life Of Oscar Wilde
Critically acclaimed biography
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Oscar-Wilde/dp/0465044395/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239562149&sr=1-9Deranked by Amazon.com
John Amaechi, Man in the Middle
Autobiography of a gay former NBA player.
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Middle-John-Amaechi/dp/1933060190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239564553&sr=1-1http://www.amazon.com/Man-Middle-John-Amaechi/dp/1933060190/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239564553&sr=1-1Sales ranks removed
Milk: A Pictorial History of Harvey Milk
Biography of the gay right activist
http://www.amazon.com/Milk-Pictorial-History-Harvey/dp/1557048282/ref=pd_ sim_b_3
Stripped of rank at amazon.com
Dan Savage, The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant
No rank listed, yet it has 126 reviews
http://www.amazon.com/Kid-Happened-Boyfriend-Decided-Pregnant/dp/0452281768 Stephen Fry: Moab is my Washpot
Memoir by British national treasure Stephen Fry
http://www.amazon.com/Moab-My-Washpot-Stephen-Fry/dp/1569472025/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239563712&sr=1-1Deranked on Amazon.com
Carol Leigh, Unrepentant Whore: Collected Work of Scarlot Harlot
Primarily political, only three or so very mildly explicit scenes Sex Worker Rights political memoir, contains information about legal issues, police abuse and political organizing including much GLBT content. Amazon Ranking removed.
http://www.amazon.com/Unrepentant-Whore-Collected-Scarlot-Harlot/dp/0867195843Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander (eds), Sex Work: Writings by Women in the Sex Industry
Primarily political and memoirs focusing in rights an working conditions of sex workers.
http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Work-Writings-Women-Industry/dp/1573440426Ranking removed
(Other sex worker books seem to be affected as well)
Self-HelpVelvet Rage - self-help book for gay men
http://www.amazon.com/Velvet-Rage-Overcoming-Growing-Straight/dp/0738210617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239553616&sr=1-1 (Amazon.com)
The Church & The Homosexual
http://www.amazon.com/Church-Homosexual-John-J-McNeill/dp/0807079316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554146&sr=1-1
Taking a Chance on God: Liberating Theology for Gays, Lesbians, and Their
Lovers, Families, and Friends
http://www.amazon.com/Taking-Chance-God-Liberating-Theology/dp/0807079456/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554196&sr=1-4Freedom, Glorious, Freedom
http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Glorious-Spiritual-Fullness-EverybodyElse/dp/0807079375/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554196&sr=1-5Gay America
http://www.amazon.com/Gay-America-Struggle-Linas-Alsenas/dp/0810994879/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554245&sr=1-2When Your Spouse Comes Out
http://www.amazon.com/When-Your-Spouse-Comes-Out/dp/0789036290/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554351&sr=1-5My Husband is Gay
http://www.amazon.com/My-Husband-Gay-Womans-Survival/dp/1580910890/ref=pd_sim_b_1Outing Yourself
http://www.amazon.com/Outing-Yourself-Lesbian-Friends-Coworkers/dp/0684826178/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554398&sr=1-1The Way Out
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Freedom-Matter-Closeted/dp/0757303927/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239554398&sr=1-2"Heather Has Two Mommies" has no sales rank.
http://www.amazon.com/Heather-Has-Two-Mommies-Anniversary/dp/1555835430/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239555808&sr=1-1 (adult? O rly?)
Christopher Isherwood's
Christopher and His Kind and Kate Bornstein's
My Gender Workbook and
Hello Cruel World are all missing their ranks as well.
Amazon has removed the rankings of all lesbian pregnancy/parenting guides:
- Rachel Pepper
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians: How to Stay Sane and Care for Yourself from Pre-conception through Birth, 2nd Edition (Paperback)- Stephanie Brill
The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy, and Birth - Harlyn Aizley (Editor)
Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All - Andrea Askowitz
My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy Kate Bornstein
Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws THIS IS A SUICIDE PREVENTION MANUAL FOR TEENAGERS. IT IS NOT EROTICA, IT'S ABOUT SAVING KIDS' LIVES.
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Guide-Pregnancy-Lesbians-Pre-Conception/dp/157344216X/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559468&sr=1-25The Lesbian Parenting Book: A Guide to Creating Families and Raising Children
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesbian-Parenting-Book-Creating-Families/dp/1580050905/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559468&sr=1-29 Lesbian and Gay Psychology
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lesbian-Gay-Psychology-New-Perspectives/dp/1405102225/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239559586&sr=1-40 Miriam Kaufmann
The Ultimate Guide to Sex and Disability: For All of Us Who Live with Disabilities, Chronic Pain, and Illness
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Sex-Disability-Disabilities/dp/1573443042/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239551237&sr=1-6Amazon.com - ranking lost
Jessica Valenti & Jaclyn Friedman, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Feminist book about issues of consent and fighting rape, has also been de-ranked
http://www.amazon.com/Yes-Means-Visions-Female-Without/dp/B001TL7C00/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239561038&sr=8-2The Kindle version is OK.)
Also not listed, although He's a Stud, She's a Slut... and The Purity Myth by Valenti are still okay.
Heather Corinna, S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College"
Guide to sexuality aimed at ages 16-22. And horrors, it's GLBT-friendly, witten by the founder of Scarleteen.com, a celebrated sex-ed site for young people.
http://www.amazon.com/S-E-X-All-You-Need-Know-Progressive-Sexuality/dp/1600940102/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=books&qid=1239564840&sr=1-1Deranked by amazon.com
Ruth Bell, Changing Bodies, Changing Lives: Expanded Third Edition: A Book for Teens on Sex and Relationships
Toni Weschler, Cycle Savvy: The Smart Teen's Guide to the Mysteries of Her Body
Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Susie Bright, Full Exposure: Opening Up to Sexual Creativity and Erotic Expression
Audacia Ray, Naked on the Internet: Hookups, Downloads, and Cashing in on Internet Sexploration
Cathy Winks, The Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written
Felice Newman, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us
Nonfiction sex guides Blow Him and Going down there (oral sex guides) have removed rankings but The Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex still has rankings.
Helen Boyd, My Husband Betty She's Not the Man I Married
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book
http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Lesbian-Sex-Book-Passionate/dp/1573440884/ref=ed_oe_pTom Shakespeare et al's "The Sexual Politics of Disability"
(sociology text book)
Uncategorizedhttp://www.amazon.com/Zami-Spelling-Crossing-Press-Feminist/dp/0895941228http://www.amazon.de/Zami-Spelling-Crossing-Press-Feminist/dp/0895941228(Sales rank removed)
http://www.amazon.com/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015http://www.amazon.de/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/0679757015(Sales rank removed)
http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0767914295http://www.amazon.de/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0767914295(Sales rank removed)
http://www.amazon.com/Conundrum-York-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590171896(Sales rank removed)
Apparently even autobiographies about being trans constitute "adult material".
Jules Jones - proof there was a LGTB bestseller list (dated blog post with screen shot)
http://julesjones.livejournal.com/209349.html (both UK and US sites)
Lesléa Newman,
Out of the Closet and Nothing To Wear Erotic content limited to some puns on the word "pussy".
Erin McHugh, the whole "The Portable Queer" series
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Portable+Queer&x=0&y=0 Katherine V. Forrest - all books had their ranking removed.
Amazon.de has indiscriminately (hah!) removed the rankings from any and all books listed as glbt in English Books (and
only in English books; the German ones are still displayed with their rankings). Funnily enough, of the three different (English) editions of Michael Chabon's The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, only one is categorised as glbt; subsequently, the other two are still listed with their rankings while the "gay" one has been filtered. Further, Amazon.de claims this is a technical glitch.
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Bi-Voices-Bisexuals-Around/dp/096538814X/ref=sid_dp_dphttp://www.amazon.com/Dual-Attraction-Understanding-Martin-Weinberg/dp/0195098412/ref=pd_sim_b_1http://www.amazon.com/Bi-America-Struggles-Invisible-Community/dp/1560234792/ref=pd_sim_b_3http://www.amazon.com/Look-Both-Ways-Bisexual-Politics/dp/0374531080/ref=pd_sim_b_4 http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-Studies-Susan-Stryker/dp/158005224X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-2http://www.amazon.com/Transgender-Child-Handbook-Families-Professionals/dp/1573443182/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-3http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Homosexuality-Francis-Mondimore/dp/0801854407http://www.amazon.com/Dude-Youre-Fag-Masculinity-Sexuality/dp/0520252306/ref=pd_sim_b_2http://www.amazon.com/Imagining-Transgender-Ethnography-David-Valentine/dp/0822338696/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-5 http://www.amazon.com/True-Selves-Understanding-Transsexualism-Professionals/dp/0787967025/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-10http://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-Man-Married-Transgender/dp/1580051936/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-7http://www.amazon.com/Testosterone-Files-Hormonal-Social-Transformation/dp/1580051731/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-8http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Radical-Gender-Transformation/dp/0916397963/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239566461&sr=1-11http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Homosexuality-Francis-Mondimore/dp/0801854407"Ranks for every shonen ai (GLBT) manga I tried are gone too."
Regarding
amazon.co.jp: "Tried searching for a dozen or so books from the above list of various types, and in almost every case, the search page had the cover image replaced with a graphic indicating it was an adult item. If you click through you can see the actual cover art, but there is a note that it is an adult work. On the Japanese language version of the page, it says that adult materials will not be sold to anyone under 18. In both English and Japanese it says that the item cannot be shipped outside Japan."
A search for Kushiel's Scion reveals that the version published by Warner is an adult item.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Kushiels-Scion-Legacy-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/044661002X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1239569007&sr=1-1 The version published by Orbit is not.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/Kushiels-Scion-Treasons-Jacqueline-Carey/dp/1841493619/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1239569007&sr=1-2If you want to protest to Amazon direct, this is their email: connect-help@amazon.com
Other ways to get in touch with them:
http://clicheideas.com/amazon.htmOr write to their CEO:
Jeffrey Bezos. (total annual compensation $81k - irrelevant but interesting).
1200 12th Avenue South
Seattle
Washington 98144-2734
United States
Phone: 206-266-1000
Fax: 206-622-2405
Another list is here:
http://jezebel.com/5209088/why-is-amazon-removing-the-sales-rankings-from-gay-lesbian-booksCraig Seymor had this going on for months:
http://craigspoplife.blogspot.com/2009/04/is-amazon-homophobic.htmlPlease sign the petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/in-protest-at-amazons-new-adult-policyTHIS LIST IS NO LONGER BEING MANUALLY UPDATED - PLEASE CHECK THE COMMENTS FOR OTHER BOOKS THAT ARE AFFECTED AND LEAVE COMMENTS WITH BOOKS THAT ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST! THANK YOU!
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mzcalypso - (no subject) [+5]
Only those in print.
I wonder if this ties into Amazon's previous attempt to refuse to sell any Print-On-Demand books that were not printed by their own POD, Booksurge?
Last I heard, you don't have to be over 18 to buy a Kindle. You just have to have $3-400 bucks to blow on a piece of proprietary equipment.
Cute.