Lewis M. Weinstein's Blog, page 3
April 8, 2017
* Dear Mr. Bezos …
Dear Mr. Bezos, I believe I have been treated in an appalling manner by the Contents group within Amazon’s Create Space. This is so contrary to every other experience I have had with Amazon that I thought you would like to know what happened and take appropriate action. I apologize for the length of this […]
March 18, 2017
* What readers say about A FLOOD OF EVIL …
*** What readers say about A FLOOD OF EVIL … … Very few writers can successfully write historical fiction as compellingly as Lewis M. Weinstein. … This is one of the best books I have ever read! It is historical fiction of the highest order. … Weinstein brings the rhetoric of hatred, fear and abuse […]
March 16, 2017
* more on the “suppression” of A FLOOD OF EVIL by Amazon in Germany and the US
My questions to Kindle Support services … 1. I did not find any guideline that mentions swastikas … did I miss this guideline? 2. What happened in October 2016 (.de site) and in March 2017 (.com site) to cause my book to be suppressed after it had been approved in June 2016? Somebody decided to take action. Why? […]
March 14, 2017
* “BANNED IN GERMANY” is now part of AFOE book descriptions on Amazon & Goodreads
*** BANNED IN GERMANY … From early October 2016 to mid-March 2017, A FLOOD OF EVIL was “suppressed” in Germany, unavailable for purchase. I was never notified that my book was no longer for sale in Germany. When I found out, by accident, Amazon refused to say why the book was suppressed, and also refused […]
March 13, 2017
* I will be calling amazon management about the 4 month “suppression” of A FLOOD OF EVIL in Germany
I will be calling amazon and will try to raise the behavior of some of their people to an appropriate management level review. The people I was able to talk with, on the phone or by email, were uniformly understanding and sympathetic, but somewhere behind them, unreachable to me, were people who made decisions they […]
* amazon refuses to provide answers as to why AFOE was “suppressed” on German and US sites … they should be ashamed
*** Received from amazon today … I’m unable to provide specific information about the suppressions. The only information I’ve received from the Content Validation’s team is the one related to the swastika as the suppression reasons for October and March for the paperback. Regarding the Kindle edition, I’m unable to get information from them about […]
* my post on the Goodreads Jewish Historical Fiction site regarding the banning of AFOE in Germany
Posted to Jewish Historical Fiction site … https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/... … My historical novel A Flood of Evil was BANNED IN GERMANY from early October until yesterday. Amazon apparently made that decision based on the small swastika on the cover, since removed. (NOTE: my novel is surely not pro-Nazi; quite the opposite.) Amazon never notified me that […]
March 12, 2017
* AFOE is up on Amazon’s German site (and all other Amazon sites), in both print and kindle versions
*** Finally! Now all I want to know is why this happened and why I was never notified by Amazon.
March 11, 2017
* AFOE back on Amazon’s US site
Hoping to be on German site later today.
March 10, 2017
* issues with AFOE cover on amazon are being resolved
*** It appears the the only issue was the swastika on the cover. I have submitted a revised cover (see above) and expect that AFOE will be restored to all amazon sites in another day or so. Remaining issues to be resolved with Amazon … Why was I not notified in early October when AFOE […]
