tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post5849772947323174704..comments2018-07-23T07:40:19.234-04:00Comments on The Self Publishing Revolution: Slippery Slope Part 2: Why Frogs BoilSelena Kitthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17783685215421352626noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-40584445793732955652015-02-08T02:34:56.484-05:002015-02-08T02:34:56.484-05:00I just found a stack of my PURCHASED books with th...I just found a stack of my PURCHASED books with the words Forced delisted, replacing the tittled. I bought these books. Are they now going to remove the content. Surely that&#39;s a legal violation I could make a law suit out of. Ali in ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11934707737632035794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-37759743317472736242013-01-04T21:33:38.050-05:002013-01-04T21:33:38.050-05:00I myself have just been banned by Amazon Kindle fo...I myself have just been banned by Amazon Kindle for publishing my little book:<br /><br />http://www.lulu.com/shop/baldassare-cossa/tales-of-depravity/paperback/product-20339806.html<br /><br />We must stand up and fight!<br /><br />Sign my petition!<br /><br />http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/amazon-stop-banning-and-censoring-small-writers-but-allowing-big-publishersBaldassare Cossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411347000661829562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-13857848644441632702012-03-05T09:44:51.511-05:002012-03-05T09:44:51.511-05:00I&#39;m really liking &quot;boycott&quot; idea, an...I&#39;m really liking &quot;boycott&quot; idea, and looked up other payment gateways, and found these:<br /><br />2checkout<br />Alert Pay<br />Quantum Gateway<br />Google Checkout<br /><br />Does any one else have any other sites to suggest? Recommendations?<br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-23698521344007098992012-02-29T09:00:31.195-05:002012-02-29T09:00:31.195-05:00Actually, there is an incident of bestiality in on...Actually, there is an incident of bestiality in one of that trilogy-an incident when Beauty was restrained, butter applied to her and a nearby cat became interested.Eden Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190711362614433784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-36361749809062635992012-02-26T20:03:52.099-05:002012-02-26T20:03:52.099-05:00It seems that Paypal is selectively applying its s...It seems that Paypal is selectively applying its standards. <br /><br />As you know, Anne Rice&#39;s &quot;Beauty Trilogy&quot; violates every single one of Paypal&#39;s new policy except bestiality. A quick Google search reveals that many, many sites continue to sell these books through Paypal:<br /><br />cassetteandvideocorner.com<br />abebooks.com<br />ebay.com<br />literaryguild.com<br />sundresspublications.com<br />bonanza.com<br />filetram.com<br />blackexpressions.com<br /><br /><br />The list could go on and on. I fully expect Paypal to shut down these sites within the next 24 hours. Don&#39;t you?<br /><br />While we&#39;re at it, Rice&#39;s books also clearly violate Amazon&#39;s standards, including that of pedophilia (or ephebophilia if we&#39;re splitting hairs), yet they continue to sell her books.<br /><br />I do hope someone notifies these companies, don&#39;t you?Will Crimsonhttp://eroticwriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-71976506134439211862012-02-26T02:26:45.081-05:002012-02-26T02:26:45.081-05:00If there is risk in selling adult stuff (and, say,...If there <i>is</i> risk in selling adult stuff (and, say, MasterCard lumps erotica e-books with that), that risk exists because some individual purchasers fail to admit to what they bought. Everything else is business: tossing the cost into the lap of the next corporation down the ladder. Assuming that those purchasers lie because of shame, then the only morality in question is the morality of the purchasers&#39; communities (really: us, in the collective). Or it may be that the purchaser is ashamed because of how he <i>thinks</i> his community would respond and he may be wrong, in which case morality&#39;s not involved at all.<br /><br />Perhaps erotica e-books should be separated from other adult stuff. Perhaps e-books aren&#39;t risky. Even then, what we&#39;ve got isn&#39;t really censorship. It&#39;s just a company setting proper business-based rules for a group of products and mistakenly classifying a specific product as part of that group.<br /><br />Consider: someone owns a stadium and rents the use of the stadium per day. He&#39;s got an opening for this Sunday. Monday-thru-Saturday are booked by A. A also wants Sunday, but so does A&#39;s enemy and opposing viewpoint, B. A offers $1000 and B offers $500. The owner accepts A&#39;s offer. The result is stifled free speech. But what&#39;s the alternative? Does the owner have to lose $500? Does the government (do we) have to pay $501?<br /><br />Corporations also aren&#39;t all-powerful. They exist (in most jurisdictions) pursuant to statutes. If the statute disappears, the corporations don&#39;t exist. Likewise, the statute tells the corporations what they must, may and cannot do. Boycotting a corporation is one valid option; but so is lobbying the government to amend those incorporating statutes. Legislators could decide tomorrow that all corporations must sell incest erotica; and, if they don&#39;t, they&#39;ll pay massive fines. Obviously, that won&#39;t happen. It&#39;s silly. It&#39;s also uncomfortable, because it&#39;s the government suddenly dictating content. But substitute &quot;pro-government pamphlets&quot; for &quot;incest erotica&quot; and it&#39;s been done.<br /><br />Ultimately, I think the only desirable solution is to create an environment in which erotica (or whatever) isn&#39;t taboo. The community won&#39;t care, the purchaser won&#39;t be ashamed, the credit card companies won&#39;t start passing on the extra costs because those costs won&#39;t exist. Talk to your government rep? Maybe. Boycott the corporation? Possibly. Talk to your neighbour? Absolutely. Any corporation worth its salt will sell you erotica if it&#39;s in the corporate interest. Making erotica publicly acceptable makes the sale of it that much more profitable.<br /><br />Just my two cents.B.Z.R. Vukovinahttp://vukovina.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-33770630484982598672012-02-25T14:08:23.736-05:002012-02-25T14:08:23.736-05:00This is maddening!This is maddening!S. J. Reisner || Audrey Brice || S. Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03066439838578086766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-41208104077486921952012-02-24T23:13:32.837-05:002012-02-24T23:13:32.837-05:00Yes. Mark fought really hard. I&#39;m just sick ab...Yes. Mark fought really hard. I&#39;m just sick about it.Selena Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783685215421352626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-36999701999673516932012-02-24T21:53:38.789-05:002012-02-24T21:53:38.789-05:00Smashwords was hit. I just received the email.Smashwords was hit. I just received the email.MaggieChatterleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354461842774923296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-1322908997245086272012-02-24T16:08:57.720-05:002012-02-24T16:08:57.720-05:00The problem is, there IS risk in selling *some* ad...The problem is, there IS risk in selling *some* adult material. Webcam sites, porn subscription sites, pay-per-view sites, etc. Mostly because the chargeback rates are high. <br /><br />But what I can&#39;t understand is lumping ebooks in with those. What is the average ebook chargeback rate? It&#39;s got to be less than 1%. I know it is on our site! <br /><br />I think it&#39;s a poor business decision.Selena Kitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783685215421352626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-13153265733081419122012-02-24T16:00:06.452-05:002012-02-24T16:00:06.452-05:00I really hate when I am right about certain things...I really hate when I am right about certain things. A number of years ago I published several books on eBookAd, a website similar to Smashwords. The site closed abruptly, reportedly shut down by Paypal because eBookAd was selling adult material. According to Internet rumors, Paypal seized the website’s funds. (They have since reopened, yet I don’t believe they use Paypal.)<br /><br />When I first published on Smashwords, I wrote the site’s owner, asking how they intended to deal with the Paypal issue and erotic. The site’s owner didn’t feel it was an issue, as they have a wide rage of books.<br />Well, after Paypal’s recent bout of censorship, I started surfing around on other blogs and see folks speculating that Smashwords is the next on the hit list.<br />I really really would rather be proven wrong. <br /><br />Time for the market to correct itself. We need an entrepreneur with enough financial and tech savvy to be the next Paypal, yet one that doesn’t censor. Anyone out there want to fill a need and make a lot of money? This is it. After all, sex sells. We just need someone to step up and help facilitate online purchases without making personal judgments.Bobbi Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02782930801954007429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-1507724868312357892012-02-24T11:08:19.769-05:002012-02-24T11:08:19.769-05:00Excellent points once again, Selena. I would rathe...Excellent points once again, Selena. I would rather not stand by and applaud as my liberties and freedoms are dictated by someone else.Rachelhttp://rachelboleyn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-62768368129908718382012-02-24T10:03:38.222-05:002012-02-24T10:03:38.222-05:00That is to say, I completely agree with you. And t...That is to say, I completely agree with you. And those who don&#39;t care about this -- you should. Because they&#39;re going to come for you too one day.Sennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8870053894560940230.post-72711075479188274862012-02-24T10:01:23.649-05:002012-02-24T10:01:23.649-05:00First they came for the erotica authors, and I did...First they came for the erotica authors,<br />and I didn&#39;t speak out because I wasn&#39;t an erotica author.<br /><br />Then they came for the romance authors,<br />and I didn&#39;t speak out because I wasn&#39;t a romance author.<br /><br />Then they came for the paranormal authors,<br />and I didn&#39;t speak out because I wasn&#39;t a paranormal author.<br /><br />Then they came for me<br />and there was no one left to speak out for me.Sennoreply@blogger.com
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