Additionally, it appears that Amazon and Barnes & Noble have apparently begun
removing erotica titles based on keywords only for the «offensive content» without providing a proper review.
Not exact matches
The
erotica genre as a whole came under attack in the last two weeks when PayPal ordered more than 2,000
titles that were deemed inappropriate to be
removed from Smashwords» catalog of ebooks; failure to do so would result in the cancellation of Smashwords» PayPal account, rendering the ebook distribution site incapable of accepting payment for ebooks in its current method.
Authors of
erotica titles that were summarily
removed without warning were obviously outraged, but consumers were equally upset by explicit content that found its way in front of unsuspecting consumers.
Authors of
erotica titles that were summarily
removed without warning were obviously... [Read more...]
Concerns over the marketability of certain themes or topics have been
removed, such as the wealth of romance, paranormal romance, and
erotica titles available.
I'll let you read the article but the basic gist of it is that these e-book stores are
removing certain
erotica titles which are all either self - published or small press published and are doing so without notice.
In a post
titled «Self - Published
Erotica is Being Singled Out For Sweeping Deletions From Major eBookstores ``, The Digital Reader wrote about what appears to be a trend to
remove certain
titles from the catalogs of Amazon, Kobo, B&N and WH Smith.
Now, does this justify
removing en masse a bunch of
titles that can be classed as
erotica and only doing them with self - published
titles?
Crowd - funded platform Unbound and small press Red Button Publishing have had their
titles removed, even though neither publishes
erotica.
Although this is not the first time
erotica has fallen victims to the judgment of online vendors, this time Barnes & Noble and Kobo have put on a united front to
remove several self - published
titles.
It was not only
erotica titles were pulled from the eBook stores, but many other self - published
titles have been
removed as well.