Online Bookstore Charged With Nazi Tactics – says ABCnews.com

ABCnews.com reporter Susan Donaldson James just wrote about us in a piece titled,  “Online Bookstore Charged With Nazi Tactics”

Abunga.com — a kind of Facebook meets prayer book — touts itself as a “family friendly” Web site that allows its buyers to ban saucy books from their accounts. What’s more, if enough customers block a certain book, the company removes it from the site altogether.

See the whole piece here.

What do you think of what she wrote? There have already been a few comments, check them out and add your own!

We made 5 Minutes of Caring at CoolPeopleCare.org!

The folks over at Cool People Care featured Abunga as their 5 Minutes of Caring yesterday!  Check out their nice words about us, and while you’re there, sign up for their updates.  They’ll “show you how to change the world in whatever time you have.
One minute? Five minutes? An entire day? Whatever you have, we’ll help you spend it wisely.”

Local online bookstore battles critics – WATE 6

“Local online bookstore battles critics” Some of you may have seen Lee on the local news, but here’s a brief description of his talk on video. We’ll post the video when available.

WATE Story

Lee discusses Abunga on WNOX with Hallerin Hilton Hill

UPDATED: Here is the audio click to download or play, and if you’d like to listen the full show, you can find that here

You may have caught the show today, but if you missed it; Lee was on the air with Hallerin Hilton Hill on WNOX-FX 100.3 around 8am today discussing Abunga. They covered who Abunga is, where the name came from, and what makes us different than other online booksellers.

The audio isn’t up yet, but we’ll post a link as soon as it’s available.

-Gavin

A Couple Tips to Keep Your Family Safe from Online Pornography

Lee was on WRJZ Joy620 on the Bob Bell show early last week sharing a few tips on how to keep families safe from porn. Thanks to WRJZ we’ve got a copy of his time on the air below.

Check it out or download (mp3) the show here

PR: Book Ban Prompts Attack

We put out a release yesterday that had some additional information regarding one of the effects of your blocking and our removal of the Golden Compass from our “shelves.”

One of the things you may not have known was that people tried to do what they could to attack and break the site.  Our Chief Technology officer says it best in the press release, “We experienced hundreds of hacker attacks ranging from simply blocking content like Bibles to complex scripts that attempted to block hundreds of books at a time.” (See the full press release for additional details)

We want you to know that regardless of these attempts we will continue to Empower Decency by selling great books and donating 5% back to worthy charities.

Full Release

Abunga is in the Knoxville News Sentinel for removing the Golden Compass

Go to your favorite Weigel’s and pick up a copy of the Knoxville News Sentinel! We’ve got an article on in the business section about how we chose to remove the Golden Compass from our store because enough of YOU wanted it gone!

Or you can check it out online:

Book site Abunga.com’s policy stirs debate

Golden Compass is gone because of your blocking!

Because of your blocking efforts you’ve Empowered Decency by blocking the controversial book series The Golden Compass. Thanks for making a difference in what we sell, and how you shop.Excerpt from the release. Full press release is here.

“Abunga.com is so dedicated to providing a family-friendly environment to shop for books online, it even lets customers vote on books to ban. That happened recently with the children’s fantasy novel “The Golden Compass.” The book, which was the basis for the movie of same name released in December, received criticism from religious groups for its perceived anti-Catholic and atheistic themes.

“The Golden Compass’” was our most frequently blocked book in December,” says Abunga.com CEO Adam Slack. “We feel compelled to honor the wishes of our community.”

Oh, and there are a few people over at this blog that have seen the release and aren’t very happy that we’ve decided not to sell the book, or that we exist as an alternative. Check it out!

-Gavin

Abunga.com was on TV! WBIR – Knoxville, TN

For those of you that missed it, we’ve been saying we were going to be on TV, well…the clip aired last Friday here in Knoxville. Check it out below!

UPDATED:Abunga.com on TV – WBIR tonight!

UPDATE: So the sad news is that we got bumped again! But as soon as we know a definite time that it will air, we’ll let you know!

Exciting News! Robin Murdoch of WBIR Channel10 came by the Abunga offices on Tuesday to grab a quick interview for the news that night. Unfortunately we got bumped by some breaking news, but tune in to WBIR tonight at 6pm to see our clip!

Don’t worry, for those of you that miss it or if you’re not in Knoxville, we’ll get it uploaded for viewing as soon as we can.