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Pedophile's Guide No Longer for Sale...

...but only after sales shot up 101,000% in less than a day

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 11, 2010 8:11 AM CST

(Newser) – Outrage over The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure may have convinced Amazon.com to stop selling the book, despite the company’s initial insistence that to do so would be “censorship.” The controversial e-book is no longer available on the site, Gawker notes, though it’s not immediately apparent who removed it. Another byproduct of all the attention: Sales of the book went up by more than 101,000%. It went from No. 158,221 on Amazon’s list of best-selling Kindle books to No. 146 in less than a day. Click here for more.

The cover of "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure" is shown. (Amazon.com)

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Concerned_Citizen6

Nov 21, 2010 4:01 PM CST

I have seen NO apology from Amazon for selling these books. Also, Amazon has MANY MORE sick and abusive books about men seducing and raping little boys. Please boycott Amazon until they acknowledge that promoting child-rape is evil and will stop selling those materials on their site, not just take it off because it was going to affect their holiday sales. One book is so disgusting I won't even post a link, but it has a drawing of a little boy - showing him naked in the front and back. It is an erotic boy-lover book and it's author has MANY books for sale on Amazon's site. Protect our children - avoid Amazon!

HappyHabenero

Nov 11, 2010 8:14 PM CST

Amazon should be ashamed....I heard about a book that was about the favorite recipe's of fallen soldiers, and the author stated it was difficult to get a book on amazon....and it takes thousands of people yelling and threatening to boycott them to take this example of depraved filth off?....Nice job Amazon...:(

NxBigmouthery

Nov 11, 2010 3:25 PM CST

Is a publication that could potentially promote not just criminal, but venal acts, protected by the First Amendment?

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