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I received the below press release this am..but didn't post it cause I wanted to actually see if it was picked up by any of the wire services..etc..
I haven't seen any thing yet..but its an interesting "release"..
Since it is a press release, and not an article..(and since press releases generally are to release new product or business information...)..I thought it was odd..(there is my take this info with a grain of salt warning, I guess)
I'll be interested in what follows over the coming days..but wanted to share with you guys..
eBay Bans Book `Why Is America So FAT?', According to Author Ben Kennedy
Thursday September 9, 7:50 am ET
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The controversial new book "Why Is America So FAT?", which criticizes the pharmaceutical industry for causing the obesity epidemic, has been banned by online auction company eBay. Auctions listed for the book by Internet retailer InterNutrition.com were repeatedly cancelled by eBay with the only explanation being that the auctions violated eBay's guidelines. Despite three separate auction listing attempts along with several emails sent to eBay explaining that the item for sale was only a book, eBay responded by suspending the auction account used to list the book which effectively bans sales of the book on eBay.
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A press release service. Interesting way to get the word out. He must be pretty cheesed to spend $400 on that.
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Well, my guess is that he named some pharmaceutical companies or brand names in his description and got somebody from one of those companies ready to sue ebay if they didn't shut it down....
Or maybe they used the 'keyword spamming' excuse?
Elaine