Re: What Amazon doesn't want you to know.

Margaret Shiels <margaretnospamplz@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Gentle uk.rec.photo.misc reader,
>
>First, my apology for cross-posting to this NG. Be assured that this is
>a one-off. It will never happen again.
>
>My sole purpose is to draw your attention to what I believe are dubious
>practices by Amazon.co.uk. I also believe that at stake here is freedom
>of expression.
>
>Amazon have rejected my reader review of a novel by John McGahern. In
>the UK and Ireland it was published under the title, "That They May
>Face The Rising Sun". In the USA and elsewhere it's entitled simply
>"The Lake".
>
>You may have read it. You may even have thoroughly enjoyed it.
>
>That is not the issue. The issue is that Amazon refuse to publish my
>review. First, they ignored it. When it failed to appear, they fed me
>the excuse of their moderators being too busy to read it. Next they
>insisted (three times) that it did not comply with their review
>guidelines.
>
>I copied their guidelines to my Amazon correspondent and asked her to
>specify the guidelines with which my review did not comply. She replied
>that she could not be specific.


Your message does not comply with the guidelines for posting to this
newsgroup because it is off-topic for uk.r.p.m.

Please don't post here again.


.

Relevant Pages
Loading