Apparently, Amazon's stripping the sales rank of any book it deems to be too "adult" -- which, in their eyes, means anything GLBT/feminist, regardless of actual explicit content. Even REFERENCE BOOKS are being deemed inappropriate. WHAT.
Here's a quick experiment, to prove how damaging this actually is: search for
Lady Chatterley's Lover from the main Amazon page. Observe how difficult it is to find an actual paperback copy of it.
Now, select "Books" from the menu and search for it again. Ahh.
There we go. Now, where was
that all along? -facepalm-
I know nothing about Twitter, but it's really quite awesome watching the whole word get out
here. There's a general roundup post
here, and
here is a list of books known to be affected so far.
Especially important: Smart Bitches, Trashy Books' definition of
Amazon Rank. Link to this, for this is part of a greater plan.
Time to start searching for alternative book sellers. \o/
EDIT: Oh my god. At the moment, when you type "homosexuality" into the search bar from the front page... the first three results are:
A Parent's Guide to Preventing HomosexualitySeparate clickable category for homosexuality, fiction and non-fiction
You Don't Have to Be Gay: Hope and Freedom for Males Struggling with Homosexuality or for Those Who Know of Someone Who IsHoly shit. Just... holy shit.