In case you weren’t aware, In some cases, being de-ranked also means being removed from Amazon’s search results.

Los Angeles Times asked for further explanation of the glitch… Patty Smith [Amazon Director of Corporate Communications] said, “Unfortunately, I’m not able to comment further.” Helpful(!)

If it’s a glitch, why did Amazon originally tell so many authors that they’d been deranked for being adult-themed, as far back as February?

More results in news articles I found on Google News, where Amazon is saying this a glitch they are fixing… Tweeple quick to respond with #glitchmyass. Heh (More info)

Stuff I’ve not seen mentioned much elsewhere
Amazonfail, Facebook group - lots of people posting useful info I’ve not seen elsewhere

#Amazonfail and the politics of anti-corporate cyberactivism

The Amazon Rank Googlebomb is now the second result if you search for amazon rank at Google.

Affecting disability-related books too
#Amazonfail
#amazonfail by Lisy Babe

More links:
Queer Kids Don’t Exist-Action Needed
Amazon FAIL: hating on LGBT books
Amazon, Why Have You Forsaken The Erotic?

There are many more I’ve seen, but I’m just posting stuff with new information now.

If you want to read even more about this, try blog searches.

Blog searches:
IceRocket: amazon + glbt, amazon + lgbt