Despite recent media coverage suggesting that the #amazonfail controversy is over, significant issues remain, and all readers and authors should be concerned about amazon's secret "adult" policy. The de-ranking of LGBTQ and other books took place as other aspects of the policy were being implemented, and these aspects have been generally ignored by all about a handful of bloggers.
Outlets from Gawker to The Guardian to The New York Times have all suggested that amazon has responded to the public uproar, addressed the problem, and apologized, while implying that the #amazonfail movement was an overreaction, a "hysterical" (revealing word choice that) one, according to Gawker.
Amazon's apology was a lame and evasive excuse; it failed to address the underlying issues. The adult policy remains in effect, and new filtering mechanisms are in place to the detriment of both authors and readers seeking material that can be found in public libraries throughout the United States.