Amazon Pulls yaoi From Kindle store?
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Since the first day Amazon launched the Kindle store, many of us have been wondering how Amazon would deal with sexual or controversial content submitted to its e-book store. Apparently, Amazon has recently removed Yaoi titles from its Kindle store. Yaoi is not your average Manga. It involves two men who are in love (covers their life affairs). We have not studied these works in the past. So it is tough for us to say whether they are too graphic. At the same time, there are worse titles available in the Kindle store. Digital Manga Inc had this to say about this development:
Recently Amazon has become more strict in enforcing their content requirements for ebooks. Several DMP books that have been available online since 2009 are getting the axe, beginning with our 801 Media titles like Weekend Lovers and King of Debt. However, in the last few days the issue has spread to the June imprint by Amazon’s refusal of The Selfish Demon King, and the removal of The Color of Love from the Kindle store. We fear that Amazon may target more of our books for removal…
Considering that Amazon is selling the print version of some of these titles, this is a curious development to say the least. Could it be that Amazon is being more strict with its content policy when it comes to e-books? Wouldn’t that be a bad practice considering that the company is trying to get more people to adopt its e-book platform?
Amazon has every right to remove titles that contain sexual content. But one has to wonder whether Amazon’s strict content policies could lead to censorship in the future.
