stevenpiziks | Amazon Dumps Hate-Mongers

When a major, exploitative corporation like Amazon does the right thing, I feel conflicted.https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/03/12/amazon-responds-to-republican-sens-on-book-ban-says-wont-sell-books-that-frame-lgbtq-identities-as-mental-illness/

I assume this only applies to non-fiction, though I'm wondering how they'll employ this new policy. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books that would need delisting.

Do note that, no matter what the right-wing says, this is NOT censorship. As a private company, Amazon is not required by the First Amendment to publish your book or offer it for sale on their site. It would be censorship only if the =government= tried to say a book could not be published.

And where were the "Amazon is censoring" nutbags back when Amazon got into a snit with Hachette and pulled all the books by authors with that publisher? Hmmmm? Not a peep back then. We know what they're worried about, and it ain't censorship.