April 12, 2009 | Sunday at 9:22 pm | 227 Comments
Dampening my snickering glee at being ranked among Movements and Periods is the news that Amazon seems to be stripping the sales figures and accompanying rankings from GLBTQ books, erotica, and romance novels, particularly those with what they term “adult content.”
In short: someone in Amazon has utter shit for brains.
Authors such as Jaci Burton, Maya Banks, Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler have reported that since being stripped of their sales rankings, their titles are no longer found in searches on Amazon.com. MetaWriter is also compiling a list of titles that have been stripped of their sales rank.
When pressed for a reason, Amazon.com’s customer service department told YA author Mark Probst:
In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.
What, I ask, the fucking fuckhell? Many an Amazon customer is infuriated, and the #amazonfail hashtag on Twitter has pretty much become the only thing worth following. What to do, what to do?
It’s time to hit ‘em where it hurts. No, not a boycott. When you want someone to…
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May 25, 2006 | Thursday at 1:06 am | 12 Comments
SB regular Tonda tipped me off that Absolute Write is gone. Why? The Nielsen Haydens have the story. Basically, Barbara Bauer, a
literary
scam agent who’s on the Twenty Worst Agents list, threw a shit fit at the owner of Absolute Write’s webhost because Bauer’s e-mail address (which is in a highly visible spot on her website, by the way) was available on the Absolute Write website. The webhost pulled Absolute Write after only an hour’s notice.
Since having her name linked to the Twenty Worst Agents List seems to get this asshole’s shorts in a twist, and I do enjoy twisting the shorts of assholes, I’m doing my part in ensuring that the Twenty Worst Agents webpage is the first result when you Google for Barbara Bauer or Barbara Bauer Literary Agency.
And because I’m an asshole myself, here’s her e-mail address, as published on her website: cannoliq@msn.com. Oooh, look at how I’m willfully violating Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Snort!
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April 18, 2006 | Tuesday at 11:17 pm | 28 Comments
Woo hoo! I just noticed that Urban Dictionary has finally approved my submitted definition of napoli. Go! Vote! Feel just the teensiest bit sorry for Naples!
For those of you who are puzzled: all is made clear in this post about Bill Napoli.
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