« Previous · Main · Next »

Amazon Won't Let Me Use the Word BreastFeed as a Tag For My Book

November 01, 2007

I've been having an odd problem with Amazon lately. The page where my book Mama Knows Breast is sold has a space where you can create "tags" for the book. These words help people find books that they might find useful.

I was able to create a whole series of tags related to my book. Words like "nursing," "lactation," "baby gift" worked. But there are certain tags Amazon simply won't let me create. I can't create a tag that says "breast feeding" or "breastfeeding" or "breast-feeding." Other variations that won't work: breastfed, breast fed, breast-fed, breast feed, breastfeed or breast-feed. You get the idea. Even simply, "breast" won't work. Elisabeth Squires, author of the new book "bOObs: A Guide to Your Girls" told me Amazon won't let her use the tag "boob."

I imagine this is some sort of super duper anti-porn spam filter at work here. But it's quite silly given the subject matter of the book. I've tried to contact Amazon customer service through the website a few times and haven't gotten a response.

Does anyone have any suggestions? How can we get Amazon to wake up and smell the coffee?