Janet has some extensive thoughts about the shenanigans over at Amazon.com. Do wander over and have a read. Suffice it to say, I agree with her and will be withholding any business until all of this has been cleared up to my satisfaction.
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These days I am swallowing one good science book after another. 2010 seems to be a great year for science book publishing!
Some of you might already be aware of this, but whenever you click on one of the books I have in the "currently reading" section of this blog, my ridiculously-massive wishlist, or any other link to amazon.com and then buy some
The second science blogging anthology, the Open Laboratory 2007 is now up for sale on Amazon.com.
Last month I detailed how Lott posted at least six and probably ten five-star reviews of his books to Amazon.com. Well, it may be that Lott isn't the only conservative author who does this.
Here's the latest: http://community.livejournal.com/brutal_honesty/3168992.html Sounds very plausible.
Amazon's response: http://blog.seattlepi.com/amazon/archives/166329.asp
It didn't target LGBT content, it wasn't a conspiracy, it wasn't a hacker. It had to do with publisher-supplied metadata and user error by an Amazon employee in France that propagated globally, it has been partially corrected and the rest is being corrected.
I agree with Neuro-conservative's comment on Janet's blog.
Or it could have been an accident on purpose. But I don't shop amazon anyway.