Dear Amazon:

DON'T FUCK WITH THE INTERNET.

You'd think people would have learned this by now.

They're calling it a "glitch", and "fixing 'the problem'" as I type this. Shocking. Wonder if we'll ever find out what "the problem" was for real. Wanna bet me we won't?

If you don't know what I'm on about, this explains the entire schmuckfuckery. In a nutshell, Amazon is hiding GLBT books from basic searches, and stripping their rankings (whether the have even an inkling of romance in them or not, let alone physical contact), making them nigh-impossible to find. Here's a snippet of response to an email sent asking why:

In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude “adult” material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.

Except no heterosexual adult books, magazines, movies, etc., are missing.

This from the company that suggested I might enjoy Best Gay Erotica 2007 because I'd ordered some Harry Potter book from them.

Huh. Funny. In that "And now, Joe Pesci will shoot you in the foot" kind of way.