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Makes a lot of sense. The last thing Amazon would want is for Kindles to become known as smut readers. And it's the last thing Kindle-owning smut readers would

Makes a lot of sense. The last thing Amazon would want is for Kindles to become known as smut readers. And it's the last thing Kindle-owning smut readers would want. So, a win-win, right? Having seen a few romance novel reader's Kindle suggestions, Amazon isn't shy about promoting the genre to the right audience.

Consultant32452 9y ago
The knowledge that they're censoring the list is big for me. Especially since they don't appear to even acknowledge it. Instead of being an honest look at what people find enjoyable to read, how can I trust it to be anything other than purely manufactured marketing? These are the top 20 most read books! (out of the 20 books we were willing to put on this list)
- freehunter 9y ago
  They don't show adult novelties on their main website either, you have to dig and search for them. Many companies censor adult items. I would fully expect they would keep sexually explicit or pornographic books off of the list.
  - Consultant32452 9y ago
    It's not that I have a problem with them keeping sexually explicit books off the list. The problem is that the criteria for filtering is not disclosed. Therefore the list cannot be "trusted" in the sense that it can be believed to be displaying what it says it's displaying. In fact, we know at least in one sense it's not displaying what it claims to display.
thaumasiotes 9y ago
They're not shy about promoting it to me, either, and I have never purchased a book in that genre and never plan to. I have accidentally purchased some fantasy novels with gratuitous sex scenes. I wish I hadn't, and I wish this was easier to avoid doing. Unfortunately, to Amazon, and possibly to a lot of female authors, there doesn't seem to be a big difference between the "fantasy" and "romance" genres. Check out the bestsellers in "fantasy" sometime.
- freehunter 9y ago
  That is super annoying. I've never bought a book with any smut in it, but when I browse the best selling and recommended fantasy section, it's mostly sex books with werewolves and vampires.

Consultant32452 9y ago

The knowledge that they're censoring the list is big for me. Especially since they don't appear to even acknowledge it. Instead of being an honest look at what people find enjoyable to read, how can I trust it to be anything other than purely manufactured marketing? These are the top 20 most read books! (out of the 20 books we were willing to put on this list)

freehunter 9y ago
They don't show adult novelties on their main website either, you have to dig and search for them. Many companies censor adult items. I would fully expect they would keep sexually explicit or pornographic books off of the list.
- Consultant32452 9y ago
  It's not that I have a problem with them keeping sexually explicit books off the list. The problem is that the criteria for filtering is not disclosed. Therefore the list cannot be "trusted" in the sense that it can be believed to be displaying what it says it's displaying. In fact, we know at least in one sense it's not displaying what it claims to display.

thaumasiotes 9y ago

They're not shy about promoting it to me, either, and I have never purchased a book in that genre and never plan to. I have accidentally purchased some fantasy novels with gratuitous sex scenes. I wish I hadn't, and I wish this was easier to avoid doing. Unfortunately, to Amazon, and possibly to a lot of female authors, there doesn't seem to be a big difference between the "fantasy" and "romance" genres. Check out the bestsellers in "fantasy" sometime.

freehunter 9y ago
That is super annoying. I've never bought a book with any smut in it, but when I browse the best selling and recommended fantasy section, it's mostly sex books with werewolves and vampires.