EsmeraldaX
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Would you ever actually call a book publisher's customer service dept. and complain that the publisher was selling a book that was supportive of a gay lifestyle??? Apparently a lady just called my DBF (he does c/s phone rep work here) and did just this. The woman was FURIOUS. I mean she was using every nasty word in the book.
I do not want to reveal which publisher I work for. But we are HUGE and we also have a large Christian market, and publish many books on various political views. We try to encompass and represent all sorts of authors.
DBF explained calmly to her that she lived in the USA where everyone has a right to their own lifestyle and that if she did not like the book, she did not have to read it, nor did she have to even go into the section of the bookstore where it was shelved. And that as a publisher, it is our job to put out everyone's viewpoints and that we also sold a great deal of books that she might agree with. Well, this made her even more mad. So she hung up ranting about how she was going to sue us and she was on her way to call our editorial offices.
I just can not believe some people have nothing better to do.
This is not about whether or not you agree with a gay lifestyle or not (I personally am not offended by gay people at all, I don't really care what people do in their own bedrooms, it's none of my business, ya know? And I am not opposed to gay marriage or adoption - one of the few areas where I am actually liberal
). This is about the tactlessness of someone who would call up a business, a complete stranger on the phone and demand we censor our material.
The book she was complaining about by the way, was not even an explicit book! It was, like, a cookbook or something...
I just can't wrap my mind around doing something like this. I mean there are things I don't like or agree with in this world, but I'm certainly not going to call up people who publish books on the topics and scold them. If I want to speak out about a political or moral issue , I'll write my congressman or go see a priest/rabbi or other spiritual leader.
*sigh*
I do not want to reveal which publisher I work for. But we are HUGE and we also have a large Christian market, and publish many books on various political views. We try to encompass and represent all sorts of authors.
DBF explained calmly to her that she lived in the USA where everyone has a right to their own lifestyle and that if she did not like the book, she did not have to read it, nor did she have to even go into the section of the bookstore where it was shelved. And that as a publisher, it is our job to put out everyone's viewpoints and that we also sold a great deal of books that she might agree with. Well, this made her even more mad. So she hung up ranting about how she was going to sue us and she was on her way to call our editorial offices.
I just can not believe some people have nothing better to do.
This is not about whether or not you agree with a gay lifestyle or not (I personally am not offended by gay people at all, I don't really care what people do in their own bedrooms, it's none of my business, ya know? And I am not opposed to gay marriage or adoption - one of the few areas where I am actually liberal
). This is about the tactlessness of someone who would call up a business, a complete stranger on the phone and demand we censor our material. The book she was complaining about by the way, was not even an explicit book! It was, like, a cookbook or something...
I just can't wrap my mind around doing something like this. I mean there are things I don't like or agree with in this world, but I'm certainly not going to call up people who publish books on the topics and scold them. If I want to speak out about a political or moral issue , I'll write my congressman or go see a priest/rabbi or other spiritual leader.
*sigh*
Maybe she should try Dising?
Many other people have done it for you(including current employees)!!!! That marketing team should be flogged 
Lol! I'll have to look out for the Levitra one.
I hunted down a copy and he had all his clothes on. 
