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Monday, April 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Why did gay books disappear from Amazon?

Outrage ensues after several LGBT titles mysteriously lose their site rankings. The company blames a "glitch," but not everyone's buying it.

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  • Monday, April 13, 2009 08:09 AM

    wendyxc

    Let me just throw a great big giant personal 'THANK YOU'! I bought my copy of "The Lesbian Sex Book" way back in college and I adored it. I feel all fangirl excited now!

    Ironically, I bought the book at Amazon Books, a local Minneapolis gay and lesbian bookstore way before amazon.com existed. The rise of amazon.com caused considerable consternation and I believe a settlement was reached between the two.

    I'd love to sit and chitchat about the possibilities of megacorps playing fast and loose with categorizing the gay books, but I've got a full schedule today...many many heterosexual marriages to ruin, lots of freedoms to destroy. Longstanding traditional values don't just ruin themselves! They need hard working liberals!

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