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Posts Tagged ‘banned books’

An open letter to Jeff Bezos

Jon Reed | 10:19 pm 12 Apr 09 Comments 13

Dear Jeff,
I don’t know if you use Twitter, but you might be aware of something called #amazonfail, currently the most talked-about topic among the network of 5m+ users. This is an online expression of dismay at Amazon’s new and apparently discriminatory censorship policy.
If the version circulating on the Internet is correct, your new policy of [...]

Tags: #amazonfail, Amazon, amazon rank, banned books, Brokeback Mountain, censorship, D.H. Lawrence, discrimination, homophobia, Jeanette Winterson, Jeff Bezos, Lady Chatterley's Lover, LGBT, Stephen Fry —

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