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# Amazon removes 'paedophile guide' from Kindle store
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## Amazon has deleted a controversial ebook about paedophilia following a
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storm of protest from customers.
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![Amazon Kindle][1]
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Amazon has withdrawn a controversial ebook about paedophilia from its Kindle
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ebook store following protests from customers
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By Claudine Beaumont, Technology Editor 12:44PM GMT 11 Nov 2010
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[Comments][2]
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The ebook, entitled _The Paedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-
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lover's Code of Conduct_, was available for download through [**Amazon**][3]'s
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US store for $4.79.
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In the ebook, author Philip R. Greaves II claims that paedophiles are
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misunderstood, and offers advice about to avoid falling foul of the law.
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The availability of the ebook, which can be downloaded on to Amazon's popular
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Kindle reader, sparked a storm of protest, with scores of people threatening
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to boycott the online retailer until the text was removed from sale.
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Amazon had initially refused to delete the book, saying that it "supported the
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right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions", and that
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removing the ebook from the site would be tantamount to censorship.
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However, the document has now been deleted, although Amazon has not given any
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reason for its change of heart.
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* [Amazon selling paedophile guide][4]
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10 Nov 2010
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Authors are able to self-publish their works through Amazon's ebook store, and
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receive a percentage of the money raised through sales in return. Although
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Amazon issues guidelines prohibiting certain works, including those deemed
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offensive, it does not define what is considered to constitute offensive
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content.
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Amazon has so far not responded to questions asking it to clarify its ebook
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submission process, or whether e-books are scrutinised and approved before
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they are sold through the site. It has also not commented on whether
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submission rules will be tightened in the wake of this latest incident.
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In 2002, Amazon was threatened with a lawsuit by the conservative United
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States Justice Foundation for selling a book entitled _Understanding Loved
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Boys and Boylovers_, while in 2009 it withdrew the _RapeLay_ video game from
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the site after it was condemned by commentators for including scenes of rape
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