across blogs and Twitter on Sunday after Mark R. Probst, the author of "The Filly," a gay western romance for young adults, posted on his blog that several gay romances, including his, had lost their sales rankings on Amazon. Mr. Probst e-mailed Amazon and got a reply that said the company was excluding " 'adult' material from appearing in some searches and best-seller lists."from The New York Times: Amazon Says Error Removed Listings
also InternetRetailer.com: Amazon takes heat for dropping rankings of many gay-themed books
also The Guardian: 'Gay writing' falls foul of Amazon sales ranking system
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