Story literally broke this morning.
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You've probably heard that [removed by Drolefille] is selling a pedophile guide called The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure. Outrage! Know what's really outrageous? Since the story broke this morning, sales of the self-published e-book have shot up by 101,000%.
This afternoon Phillip Greaves, the The Pedophile Guide's 42-year-old author, said he'd only sold one copy of his guide to being a child predator. When TechCrunch wrote about the book just six hours ago, it was the 158,221st best-selling Kindle e-books.
Amazon Pedophilia Guide Gets 101,000-Percent Sales BoostBut as of this writing, it's catapulted to 146th among all paid Kindle e-books. According to Amazon's "Mover's and Shaker's" board, that's an increase of over 101,000%in less than a day. Even as Mommy bloggers, tech bloggers and Twitter users call for an Amazon boycott over the title, The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure is selling like it was just announced as an Oprah Book Club selection.
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People want to know what the fuss is about. (Or a surprisingly large portion of Kindle owners are pedophiles.) And what they're finding is sort of underwhelming. Sure, The Pedophile's Guide contains creepy instructions about how to use rubber gloves as condoms for little boys. And there's some muddled philosophical defense of pedophelia: "The nectar of love has been given from the hand of compassion and grace." But we can safely say this book will not convince a single regular person to become a child predator. Nor does it include a pull-out map of secret shops where already-existing pedophiles can buy underage sex-slaves or anything.
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From the author
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"I can see where they would come to that kind of conclusion and to a certain extent I wanted that kind of notoriety to effect the book. ... I wanted it to effect sales," he said.
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And from TechCrunch, the company's response.
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“Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable. Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.”
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So no, it really wasn't about the money. People didn't start buying the book until they caused a ruckus.