Finally, Amazon has issued a statement about the deranking debacle, and I get to write a whole new post instead of adding another update to the ridiculously long one below! This afternoon, spokesperson Drew Herdener told the Seattlepi.com:
This is an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error for a company that prides itself on offering complete selection.
It has been misreported that the issue was limited to Gay & Lesbian themed titles — in fact, it impacted 57,310 books in a number of broad categories such as Health, Mind & Body, Reproductive & Sexual Medicine, and Erotica. This problem impacted books not just in the United States but globally. It affected not just sales rank but also had the effect of removing the books from Amazon’s main product search.
via Amazon “An embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error” – Broadsheet – Salon.com.
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