WH Smith Has Gone Offline Due to Self-Published Porn Scandal

British retailer WH Smith has taken down its website after a number of sexually explicit eBooks from the site’s self-published section were popping up in searches. According to reports, if you searched the word “daddy” x-rated self-published eBooks popped up next to kids books.

The retailer works with Kobo to sell millions of self-published. WH Smith explained that the titles slipped through the screening process in a letter posted on WHSmith.com‘s holding page. Here is more from the letter:

 

Last week we were made aware that a number of unacceptable titles were appearing on our website through the Kobo website that has an automated feed to ours.

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