Amazon Pulled the "On The Pen" Book, Because, And I Quote, It's "Disappointing Content"

[penewbie]

HAHAHAHA

 

[hexagonal]

I have no context - who is this dude and what is this book?

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

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I have no context - who is this dude and what is this book?

im not going to watch the whole 20 min video so i cant speak to this situation, but for context this is a guy with a popular glp1 podcast that is always pushing for more affordable pharma options/availability. Isn’t a proponent of UGL so surprising that Amazon would pull the book over content.

 

[hexagonal]

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im not going to watch the whole 20 min video so i cant speak to this situation, but for context this is a guy with a popular glp1 podcast that is always pushing for more affordable pharma options/availability. Isn’t a proponent of UGL so surprising that Amazon would pull the book over content.

Doing some googling and digging around the KDP subreddit, it sounds like anything that includes medical claims tends to get removed.

I'd guess this treads too closely to that line.

 

[exploitedworkerbee]

Doing some googling and digging around the KDP subreddit, it sounds like anything that includes medical claims tends to get removed.

I'd guess this treads too closely to that line.

He’s pretty good at not going off of the pharma party line or running afoul of platform TOS. KDP must be pretty strict.

 

[chmuse]

He’s pretty good at not going off of the pharma party line or running afoul of platform TOS. KDP must be pretty strict.

KDP is super strict about a LOT of things. Lots of small indie authors get removed for stupid reasons. I don't know if they're still doing it, but they used to remove your book from KU if someone pirated it and put it up on pirating websites, because your work was no longer exclusive.

 

[keangkong]

I haven't read the book so I can't say whether it's content is disappointing.

 

[hexagonal]

He’s pretty good at not going off of the pharma party line or running afoul of platform TOS. KDP must be pretty strict.

Yeah, I think even going with the party line might be enough. Especially since I doubt Amazon wants to invest a bunch of time figuring out what is and isn't the line from the pharma companies. Easier to just nuke anything from KDP that touches on it.

Though my understanding is you can basically backdoor yourself in on Amazon with other print on demand services like Lulu and they are far less stringent with content reviews for things through distribution networks/other publishers.

 

[keangkong]

He used to hold the view that all compounding was bad, then he partnered with Ro and his “mind changed” right quick. Perhaps if Tracy was willing to kick him back some commission, he’d change his tune about grey, too.

It’s not like he’s biased. If SRY sponsors him, then he’ll recommend opioids and GLP-1 drugs from SRY. He’s neutral.