[Publib] Amazon fail

[Knieriem, Lesley]

Policy, glitch, or troll attack, the issue is troubling and worthy of
being addressed by librarians because (and I know that I am repeating
myself) the way that so many of us (and I include myself in this number)
rely on Amazon.com *as a reference source*  -- for release dates, in
print status, series, and impromptu readers advisory.  

 

The vulnerabilities revealed by this - whether it was deliberate, a
stunt, or an accident - leave me very concerned indeed.

 

It's easy to dismiss this particular incident because of the way it
targeted  not particularly popular minority interests - GLBTQ, the
disabled, and those who are interested in non-normative sexuality.  A
lot of the discussion I heard yesterday spoke scornfully of JUST "porn",
"crips" , and other derogatory terms that would probably keep this
message out of most of your inboxes.  But at least one hacker who has
claimed credit for the "glitch" (not very convincingly, it must be
added) attracted admiring comments that the attack should have targeted
conservative and religious-themed titles instead.

 

"First they came for the Jews..." etc.

 

 

Lesley K

 

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From: Diedre Conkling [mailto:diedre08 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:36 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Fwd: [Publib] Amazon fail

 

This is the link that was shared on another list:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090413/ap_en_ot/books_amazon_2

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From: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Publib] Amazon fail
To: publib at webjunction.org


I believe that today they are saying it was a glitch.  Whether it was
or not it appears they are correcting the situation.  I am sure this
is because many customers contacted them and complained.








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