**ROLL EYES, SMIRK**AMAZON GIVES REASON TO DE-RANKING GAY LITERATURE

Amazon releases a statement to why the removal of sales ranking for books, many of the titles were gay and lesbian themed; Amazon blames it on an "error."

Amazon press release:

"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. Many books have now been fixed and we're in the process of fixing the remainder as quickly as possible, and we intend to implement new measures to make this kind of accident less likely to occur in the future."

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Also to note: earlier Monday, a known hacker claimed responsibility for the de-ranking; the hacker claims he was exploiting a vulnerability in the tools visitors use to rate products.



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