LOS ANGELES—TechChick's latest edition of her book, Sex Bytes: The F*cked-Up Truth About Tech & Sex, has been declined by Google Play Books.
Released through TechChick Media, Sex Bytes was first published in 2003, documenting the intersection of sex, technology, and social politics in the dial‑up era. Part memoir, part cultural history, part unfiltered reader questions and answers, it remains an unapologetic time capsule to the early internet.
Google Play Books refused the book, referring the author to its Publisher Content Policies without further clarification, despite TechChick providing documentation of original authorship and full rights ownership.
“I’ve read their policy, and Sex Bytes doesn’t violate it,” said TechChick. “It’s not porn—it’s a memoir, reader correspondence, and a first-hand account of the early 2000s sex-tech space. It’s cultural history. But when platforms apply vague rules behind closed doors, anything about sex becomes suspect. And that erases voices, especially women’s voices, from the record.”
Sex Bytes is available now at getsexbytes.com and through all major digital booksellers—except Google Play Books. Follow TechChick on: X: @techchickOG.
