

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 ;)

Because her erotica are so boring..."
Hahahaha. That made me smile. :)
This is seriously bumming me out though.



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.

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.

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.


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.

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.


Oh, no...that's...all of the cuffs.

Okay, I just repackaged the book, changed the cover, and made some changes. Hopefully Amazon will accept the new cover, summary, and content.

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?

Some of my readers still have Terrorscape on their Kindles, I believe.
If this works, I'll probably repackage Terrorscape, too. :|

I wish I knew how to "fix" it. I'm sad too :(

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...

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.

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.


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.

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?

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

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Hahaha, right? LET'S DO THIS THING!! Now we just need to find a computer genius-nerd... ;)

We could call this one applescratch! LOL


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. ;)

Thanks, Tim. :)

I agree! I would much rather read erotica than violence. Kinkiness > cruelty.
I'm so sorry. This is enraging.