I don't understand why abusive erotica is okay, but mine is not. I bet E.L. James doesn't receive threats from Amazon about banning her account. :|
Nenia wrote: "I don't understand why abusive erotica is okay, but mine is not. I bet E.L. James doesn't receive threats from Amazon about banning her account. :|"Exactly! This is just ridiculous, and so frustrating!
Nenia wrote: "I don't understand why abusive erotica is okay, but mine is not. I bet E.L. James doesn't receive threats from Amazon about banning her account. :|"
Because her erotica are so boring they are actually skimming through them while reviewing ;)
Because her erotica are so boring they are actually skimming through them while reviewing ;)
Oana wrote: "Nenia wrote: "I don't understand why abusive erotica is okay, but mine is not. I bet E.L. James doesn't receive threats from Amazon about banning her account. :|"Because her erotica are so boring..."
Hahahaha. That made me smile. :)
This is seriously bumming me out though.
I don't know if that would work though. If they review the content, they might scan the document for mentions of rape and knife play and things like that.
I definitely will try repackaging the book in the future but probably not now. I'm just too upset to do anything now. This has pretty much ruined my whole day.
Personally, I would NOT put the specifics (knife-play, rape fantasy) in or anywhere on the Amazon page. I would put it on the Goodreads and Smaswords pages, but just use "BDSM" as a blanket warning on Amazon. Most of the erotica books I've seen do not include warnings that specific--dub-con/non-con is commonly used on GR, but I've never paid attention to whether or not it's on Amazon, because usually if I'm at Amazon it's because I've already done my research on GR. I get that you want to be super considerate of trigger warnings and things, but I mean... it's BDSM erotica, the reader has to realize that's a pretty broad scope. I think a vague warning is enough--especially under the circumstances. I would at least leave off "rape." I'd bet a good chunk of change that warning is what got you blocked. It made the book come off as more "offensive" than I'm sure it is.
As for the warning, don't panic, this threat is not specific to you. That's the standard response. I looked in the content guidelines earlier after this happened and saw the same phrasing. Startled me too, and it was just on a page and not directed at me, lol.
This is major bullshit.
Oh thank God. Okay, I was freaking out for a second because I was like, "I don't want to even TRY resubmitting the f***ing book if it means my account will be banned!"I guess I'll have to try again. :|
So let me get this straight. I realize this is two different media, but bear with me...
They allow graphically violent music that depicts rape, torture, killing, etc...
They allow books that say all homosexuals, Non-WASP persons, and drug addicts should be killed?
They allow all this, but a simple (no offense meant!) BDSM novella flies in the face of their TOS?
I have nothing. Just stunned and disgusted.
They allow graphically violent music that depicts rape, torture, killing, etc...
They allow books that say all homosexuals, Non-WASP persons, and drug addicts should be killed?
They allow all this, but a simple (no offense meant!) BDSM novella flies in the face of their TOS?
I have nothing. Just stunned and disgusted.
Loki (of Smartassgard) wrote: "So let me get this straight. I realize this is two different media, but bear with me...They allow graphically violent music that depicts rape, torture, killing, etc...
They allow books that say ..."
You're just not allowed to tell people those things are inside! That is paramount to evil in the eyes of Amazon, apparently.
That's apparently allowed too.
Never mind, apparently they pulled a 180 on that too.
Well, that's something.
What?
Seriously Nenia, just slap on some vague "This book has some slightly hardcore shit" warning on the blurb and resend it, they can't possibly not publish it
Disgusting.
Well, still.
No, nononono.
I guess they were defending him but they changed their minds.
Probably because of this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
But yeah, I guess I should probably just leave my warnings as vague as the ToS.
Nenia wrote: "No, nononono.I guess they were defending him but they changed their minds.
Probably because of this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic......"
Ugh, good. That was freaking disgusting.
Yes, I think vague warnings are your friend. They aren't going to read your whole book, they don't have that kind of time, they're clearly just going by blurbs, titles, and covers, and there's nothing objectionable about your cover or title.
Actually, I may have to swap Lou's cover out for the zipper one. I have reason to believe that handcuffed cover models aren't allowed.
Really? I feel like I can think of about 5 other books that have that, lol. But that's probably a good idea. Best to cover all the bases. Good thing you had a back-up this time!Oh, no...that's...all of the cuffs.
Yup.Okay, I just repackaged the book, changed the cover, and made some changes. Hopefully Amazon will accept the new cover, summary, and content.
*Crosses fingers* If you buy a book but don't read it right away, and then it ends up banned, it doesn't vanish from your Kindle or anything, does it?
No, I don't believe it does. >_>Some of my readers still have Terrorscape on their Kindles, I believe.
If this works, I'll probably repackage Terrorscape, too. :|
This is horrifying and chilling, confirming all of my worst fears. I'm so, so sorry, because it's not right, it's not fair, and you don't deserve to be singled out like this.I wish I knew how to "fix" it. I'm sad too :(
Why not? It's stupid that people can't buy it there but you can buy the first two books. Sigh.
My only concern is sometimes my daughter gets her hand on my Kindle and deregisters it, and when I re-register it has to reload all of my books. I don't know if they would reload a book they banned or not...
Well, there isn't much I can do except yield to their demands. It really sucks, but like I said, this is my livelihood, and I can't really flip them the bird.The only reason I posted anything is because about 200+ people had this marked as to-read, and a whole bunch of them were asking me why it wasn't on Amazon. So I'm being open about the process. If they accept my changes and allow me to sell the repackaged version, I will post a yay! status update.
Sam wrote: "Why not? It's stupid that people can't buy it there but you can buy the first two books. Sigh.
My only concern is sometimes my daughter gets her hand on my Kindle and deregisters it, and when I ..."
See, rather than punishing authors, parents should stop giving their kids Kindles and iPads as presents. Kids shouldn't be on the internet. I didn't get a computer until I was 14. I had to use my parents' and only for school work or pre-approved games that I could play for a few hours at a time.
I know, it really does suck. My natural response is a big "screw you guys!" but... not possible, since they have the indie market cornered. :\
Sam wrote: "I know, it really does suck. My natural response is a big "screw you guys!" but... not possible, since they have the indie market cornered. :\"Yeah. *sigh*
One of these days, I'm going to write the Queen Mother of Twisted books, and sell it exclusively through Smashwords. Maybe when I am Rich and Famous and people will actually go there to buy it lololol.
Nenia wrote: "Sam wrote: "Why not? It's stupid that people can't buy it there but you can buy the first two books. Sigh.
My only concern is sometimes my daughter gets her hand on my Kindle and deregisters it,..."
Even giving their kids these things is no excuse--I highly doubt the kids are able to purchase whatever they want on mommy's credit card. There are parent controls and passwords and things that you set up so children CAN'T buy things when they're on these devices. I honestly don't think it has anything to do with kids, I think they just have a stick up their ass for some reason and they know they can push indies around, because where the hell else are we going to go?
Nenia wrote: "Sam wrote: "I know, it really does suck. My natural response is a big "screw you guys!" but... not possible, since they have the indie market cornered. :\"Yeah. *sigh*
One of these days, I'm goi..."
True story. Someday I'm going to open an ebook store that rivals Amazon and let people publish whatever warning labels they want, lol
Nenia wrote: "Ooh ooh ooh!"
Hahaha, right? LET'S DO THIS THING!! Now we just need to find a computer genius-nerd... ;)
Emily May knows one! Her computer genius-nerd helped her create leafmarks.We could call this one applescratch! LOL
Sorry to hear that! There are a lot of filthy books published on Amazon and they found yours to ban? Morons...
Alex wrote: "Sorry to hear that! There are a lot of filthy books published on Amazon and they found yours to ban? Morons..."Yeah. This really put a damper on my day!
However, so many awesome people popped out of the woodwork to give me words of support and spread the word and that was really amazing.
So I took their advice and made some changes and resubmitted the book to Amazon. Hopefully they will publish it. If not, I will know that my friends and I did everything we could, and try not to take it too personal.
<3
If it works, you will let us know, yeah? Otherwise, Smashwords be a' callin' me name. ;)
Tim wrote: "I hope everything works out, Nenia! A pox on Amazon's rotten nanny "guidelines"!"Thanks, Tim. :)
вιвℓισρнιℓια {кιηgѕℓєу & ѕøяєη ƒσяєνєя} wrote: "Freakin' unbelievable, they'll be telling us what we can or can't read from the selection they picked out!!! It's pathetic, stay strong, hope it all works out for you."I agree! I would much rather read erotica than violence. Kinkiness > cruelty.





I'm so sorry. This is enraging.