Amazon, Kobo and WHSmith are chaining up the porn.

I’m a self-published author of erotica and erotic romance. Over the weekend, Amazon notified me that nearly half of my catalogue had been pulled from sale due to what they deemed objectionable cover images, titles and descriptions. Kobo removed nearly my entire catalogue, and only gave me a form email notice over twelve hours later.

It’s not just me. It’s other self-published authors as well — some of whom don’t actually write erotica or sexua...