Petition to Get Terrorscape Unbanned from Amazon
One of my readers made a petition on change.org to get Terrorscape unbanned from Amazon.
Please sign it and spread the word if you can! It would be so awesome to be able to sell Terrorscape on Amazon again. ♥
http://www.change.org/petitions/amazo...
Thank you so much!
Please sign it and spread the word if you can! It would be so awesome to be able to sell Terrorscape on Amazon again. ♥
http://www.change.org/petitions/amazo...
Thank you so much!
Amanda wrote: "I never read any of your books, but I signed the petition.It's incredible how we can still see things like this censorship in XXI century, in a society like ours. Shame on Amazon. Have we learned..."
Thank you so much, Amanda. I feel the same way.
Did that and shared the link on facebook.Hope the ban will be removed :) . If Fifty Shades of crappy sex and abuses is not banned then why should your books be?
Tessa wrote: "Did that and shared the link on facebook.Hope the ban will be removed :) . If Fifty Shades of crappy sex and abuses is not banned then why should your books be?"
Oh, thank you so much, Tessa! I really appreciate it.
I hope so too. I was surprised my book was banned when so many other books were allowed to stay up, like the dinosaur porn. o.o Hopefully this petition will let me sell my book there again!
Tessa, I can't answer your comment, but I totally agree with you!
Tessa wrote: "If Fifty Shades of crappy sex and abuses is not banned then why should your books be?"Exactly.
Done.
Sam wrote: "Tessa wrote: "If Fifty Shades of crappy sex and abuses is not banned then why should your books be?"Exactly.
Done."
Aww, thank you so much, Sam!! <3
I just checked and almost 20 people have signed so far!!!
I can't believe it. ;~;
Krishna wrote: "Done, Ne-chan."Thanks, Krishna! I really appreciate it. ♥
Sam wrote: "It's at 20!"OMG!!!! This is all happening so fast! I just need 80 more people. :D
whats so bad about it that it needs to be banned??
I'm not sure. They never told me and most people who have read the book seemed surprised, as they didn't think it was explicit enough to warrant a ban.Here is their content guidelines policy:
https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=A...
Woohoo! And at an hour when many are probably sleeping, lol
Sam wrote: "Woohoo! And at an hour when many are probably sleeping, lol"It's pretty amazing. But then, so are my readers and followers and friends. :')
amazon sells mein kamp yet bans this book....
It's very strange, and their policy is so vague. This line ("What we deem offensive is probably about what you would expect") had me shaking my head.
there is no limit to stupidity! either way hope the ban will be lifted because im finishing my exams tomorrow and was planning to relax with val
Hallie wrote: "amazon sells mein kamp yet bans this book...."It's all for the money. They will unban any book if they smell a major profit. Such is life :( .
Nenia wrote: "Tessa wrote: "Did that and shared the link on facebook.Hope the ban will be removed :) . If Fifty Shades of crappy sex and abuses is not banned then why should your books be?"
Oh, thank you so m..."
Mmmmm raptor porn.... how can you ban that? There's nothing more hot than a cold, giant reptile. XD
Hallie wrote: "there is no limit to stupidity! either way hope the ban will be lifted because im finishing my exams tomorrow and was planning to relax with val"I hope so too! Even if it doesn't, though, you can still buy the book from Smashwords.
I was really sad when I got banned because until that point I had been very happy with Amazon's customer service. :(
Hallie wrote: "amazon sells mein kamp yet bans this book...."And like someone else commented, Amazon sells the dino porn books and A Sentimental Novel with all of its disgusting child torture porn. But draws the line at Terrorscape? Give me a break.
Tessa wrote: "Hallie wrote: "amazon sells mein kamp yet bans this book...."It's all for the money. They will unban any book if they smell a major profit. Such is life :( ."
:(
I wish I was a best-selling author! >:O LoL.
Tessa wrote: "Mmmmm raptor porn.... how can you ban that? There's nothing more hot than a cold, giant reptile. XD"Apparently there's insect porn now.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J...
99-cents for eleven pages. o_o
Sam wrote: "Hallie wrote: "amazon sells mein kamp yet bans this book...."And like someone else commented, Amazon sells the dino porn books and A Sentimental Novel with all of its disgusting c..."
Don't forget the insect porn!!!!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J...
Or don't you want to 'entice the ant'? ;)
But yeah, I don't get it either. Are they saying my book is worse than A Sentimental Novel? Because that book had (view spoiler). D':
Sam wrote: "*huge world-weary sigh*"Being an indie author is hard sometimes.
But my readers make it worth it. Seriously, I didn't even think of starting a petition, but one of my readers did, and oh my God, I want to cry at all these signatures pouring in. I don't know what I would do without my readers. They make all the bad stuff worth it. ♥
RIGHT? Every review I've seen of that book has literally made my stomach turn over. And I'm not squeamish. You couldn't pay me to touch that book with a ten foot pole. And obviously I haven't made it to Terrorscape just yet, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it's not worse than ASN in Gavin's wildest dreams.
I just don't understand what Amazon is thinking.
Nenia wrote: "Sam wrote: "*huge world-weary sigh*"Being an indie author is hard sometimes.
But my readers make it worth it. Seriously, I didn't even think of starting a petition, but one of my readers did, an..."
I'm curious, when they banned your book, did you not try to contest it? Showing them all the raptor/insect porn should have been enough, right? O.O
Nenia wrote: "I wish I was a best-selling author! >:O LoL. "Never say never XD.
Sam wrote: "RIGHT? Every review I've seen of that book has literally made my stomach turn over. And I'm not squeamish. You couldn't pay me to touch that book with a ten foot pole. And obviously I haven't made ..."I imagine it must be worse for mothers. I have no children of my own (yet) but I was filled with rage at the cruelty to CHILDREN (and BABIES!) in that book. Raping children is never okay. Never. NEVER. It's especially rage-inducing because of stuff like this.
It's also annoying that ASN is being shelved as BDSM because it really isn't anything like BDSM. There is nothing safe, sane, or consensual about what goes on in that book. >_>
Tessa wrote: "Nenia wrote: "Sam wrote: "*huge world-weary sigh*"Being an indie author is hard sometimes.
But my readers make it worth it. Seriously, I didn't even think of starting a petition, but one of my r..."
I couldn't figure out how, and when it happened I was working graveyard shifts every other night and didn't have the time or energy to look into it. :/
I also have pretty low self-esteem so there was a part of me that was like, "Well maybe you deserved it" or "even if you put in all that effort, they still won't unban your book". Sometimes I need a push to get me moving, you know?
That is disgusting. Yeah, I hated crap like that before I was mother too, obviously--I mean, that's sort of just part of being human. If you're cool with baby-rape, you don't qualify. But as a mother, things like that make me want to use a nail gun to staple even fictional balls to the wall even more.
Ugh, I know. I'm SO tired of people using BDSM as a blanket shelf for all sexual violence. That is not what BDSM is. Spend like 5 minutes on wikipedia and you'll know better. I'm not even sensitive to non-con at all, but it annoys me when those go on BDSM shelves, too. Hello, you can't have BDSM without CONSENT.
I can only imagine. Btw, you almost caused me to inhale my soda because of your "things like that make me want to use a nail gun to staple even fictional balls to the wall even more" quote. That was hilarious. xDOne of my books has edge play, which is a subset of BDSM that's kind of toeing the line. It involves stuff like needle play, blood play, cutting, scarring, piercing, and other stuff that is kind of on the fringe. (I'm surprised this book didn't get banned by Amazon actually. If they were going to ban one...) It's quite dark and pushes consent lines, but I labeled it with the appropriate disclaimers and took care to point out that it is a SUBSET of BDSM that is not Safe, Sane, or Consensual (necessarily).
ETA: If people are going to write about taboo sexual practices, they should do the research to label them appropriately, as you said. I learned more from hopping from various edge play websites from Wiki then I'd ever known about BDSM and edge play before in my life!
They banned your book?! That's bullshit. I just signed the petition. I'm with you, Nenia.
Soumi wrote: "They banned your book?! That's bullshit. I just signed the petition. I'm with you, Nenia."
Thank you so much, Soumi. <3
Nenia wrote: "I can only imagine. Btw, you almost caused me to inhale my soda because of your "things like that make me want to use a nail gun to staple even fictional balls to the wall even more" quote. That wa..."Lol, pedophilia makes me all kinds of violent.
I know, haha, I aspire to read that one eventually, but I'm not sure that one's going to be my cup of tea--needles and cutting make me a bit cautious. lol.
I clicked the link before I started reading all the comments, it was at 29. By the time I'd finished reading the comments, I refreshed the petition page and it had risen to 31 signatures. I think that petition will be full within the next few hours.
Signed and shared on facebook ☺I haven't read the book yet, but I don't see why this book should be banned when books that make me want to vomit are still sold on amazon!
Nenia wrote: It's especially rage-inducing because of stuff like this."I couldn't even read that article. Once I saw the title I couldn't force myself to go on.
Sam wrote: "Nenia wrote: "I can only imagine. Btw, you almost caused me to inhale my soda because of your "things like that make me want to use a nail gun to staple even fictional balls to the wall even more" ..."It's pretty brutal. If you don't want to read Tantalized, I fully understand. A lot of my really devoted fans didn't like it, and several friends of mine put it on their no-thanks list because of the squick and triggers. I respect that, because I have limits as well and reading is about choice. Most readers are capable of making that choice for themselves without a book being banned. lol :)
Sarah (wants some answers from GR) wrote: "I clicked the link before I started reading all the comments, it was at 29. By the time I'd finished reading the comments, I refreshed the petition page and it had risen to 31 signatures. I think..."I just checked, and now it's at 32! :o
This is really amazing to me because I was always the unpopular girl in school. Nobody nominated me for squat. So it's really shocking and awe-inspiring that someone not only created a petition for my books, but that so many people are voting on it so quickly! Especially--as Sam pointed out--at a time when most people are sleeping.
I started out today feeling kind of blah but this turned my whole day around. :')
Sarah wrote: "Signed and shared on facebook ☺I haven't read the book yet, but I don't see why this book should be banned when books that make me want to vomit are still sold on amazon!"
Yey Sarah! *hugs*
Sarah wrote: "Signed and shared on facebook ☺I haven't read the book yet, but I don't see why this book should be banned when books that make me want to vomit are still sold on amazon!"
Thanks, Sarah! I appreciate that so much. ♥
If my book gets added to Amazon again I may have to write a really long thank you post and host another giveaway to celebrate. Because this is just pure, bottled amazing. <3
Hopefully they will realize the error of their ways and stop being jerkfaces.
Sarah (wants some answers from GR) wrote: "Nenia wrote: It's especially rage-inducing because of stuff like this."I couldn't even read that article. Once I saw the title I couldn't force myself to go on."
They sound like they were using Ann Coulter as a primary source of
It's incredible how we can still see things like this censorship in XXI century, in a society like ours. Shame on Amazon. Have we learned nothing?