Amazon Says Book Delisting Was ‘Cataloging Error’

“In response to nearly two days of angry online commentary, particularly on Twitter, Amazon.com said on Monday that ‘an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error’ had caused thousands of books on its site to lose their sales rankings and become harder to find in searches.” Contradicting the widespread charge that books with gay and lesbian themes had been targeted, “Amazon said 57,310 books in several broad categories had been affected, including books on health and reproductive medicine.”