I’m terribly upset.

Amazon has removed my best selling book ‘Turning the Omega’ for unknown reasons. I’ve tried to reason with them, and asked which policy I’m supposed to have violated?

But they won’t explain why.

In fact, after I was stupid enough to ask them for an explanation, they even removed another one: the eBook for ‘Turning the Omega’. That makes 3 banned books in just 3 days (2 paperbacks and 1 eBook). Bascially, months of work removed with a mouse click.

I guess it’s only a matter of hours before they also remove any trace of ‘Mating the Omega’ as well. I still have the ebook and the hardcover version left.

So, after sulking for a few hours, I started republishing everything. Hoping for a miracle (or a kind soul) that the books will be accepted. Fingers crossed. It will take 72 hours before I know the answer.

In the meantime, if you want to read my books, please check out the Amazon competitors that still have the book for sale: Apple, Google, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble.

I don’t even feel bad for recommending using them instead of Amazon. Not today at least.

Hopefully, it will be available again soon. I’m terribly sorry for the inconvenience.

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The only consolation was to discover that I’m not the only writer experiencing this. I read the community pages on Amazon and learnt that several other authors had also lost books. It turns out that the policy guidelines are open for personal interpretation. So, depending on the person handling your case, you can get accepted or rejected.

In conclusion: I guess it can be worthwhile to give it another attempt.

And, next time, I won’t contact them – ever.

I’m taking a break from writing. I’ve completely lost my inspiration…

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