Amazon.com: "It's a glitch!" Oh. Really? Interesting glitch.

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The best article on Amazon removing sales rankings from GLBT books:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/04/amazon-responds-to-adult-queries-blames-a-glitch.html

From the LA Times' Carolyn Kellogg, who is smarter than the average PR person:

I asked Patty Smith [of Amazon.com] this:

From a layperson's perspective, thisglitch does seem to have affected certain types of books more heavilythan others. In fact, only one of the top 10 books in your Gay &Lesbian section continues to have a sales ranking (the Kindle versionof "The Picture of Dorian Gray"). No other section is similarlyaffected. Can you comment on that?

The reply:

Unfortunately, I'm not able to comment further.  We're working to resolve the issue, but I don't have any further information.

Heh.