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No Boob = No Mature Content.  Or, How I Saved My Novel From The Erotica Category.  

7/11/2013

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Before I describe the compromises I had to make to get The City Of Earthly Desire removed from the erotica classification and the restricted search Amazon had imposed upon it, let me just take a moment to state, plainly and clearly, that real mastectomies and the conditions that cause them are no laughing matter.  The mastectomy I will describe is of a different nature entirely. 

In a prior blog post, I outlined how my novel had been placed into restricted search and the erotica category because of mature subject matter on its cover.  For more background on the boob controversy, you can read this post:

http://francisberger.weebly.com/4/post/2013/07/uh-oh-boobies-time-for-a-mastectomy-or-how-i-became-a-literary-censorship-surgeon.html


Well, the mastectomy I performed on the cover of my novel worked.  Here's the proof:

Hello,

We’ve reviewed your response concerning the following book(s):

The City of Earthly Desire (ASIN: B009GB6DUK)

After further review, we have decided to remove the search restrictions so your book(s) will now be found in our general product search results.

We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience caused by this temporary restriction.

Best Regards,

Ariel B.
Amazon.com


Funny how an artistic representation of a female breast is all it takes to land one in the realm of Fifty Shades of Gray and lesser known titles like Kidnapped the Wrong Sister and Sherriff's Gay Revenge. 

All kidding aside, a big thanks to Amazon for getting The City Of Earthly Desire off the erotica list and back in fiction.  It would have been a sad irony to see a novel that is essentially anti-pornography get stuck in the pornography section for eternity.

Categorize this one under lesson learned!
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