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| name = The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct

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| author = Philip R. Greaves II

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| genre = How-to guides

| publisher = Amazon.com

| pub_date = November 3, 2010

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'''''The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover’s Code of Conduct''''' is a controversial book on the topic of [[paedophilia]] by Philip R. Greaves II. The book, which presents a sympathetic view of paedophiles and offers its readers advice on how to avoid getting in trouble with the law, was banned by [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] in 2010. Its United States store had previously offered the book as a [[Kindle]] [[ebook]] download for $4.79. Readers threatened to boycott Amazon over its selling of the book, which was described by critics as a "paedophile guide". Amazon initially refused to ban the book, saying that the site "believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable"<ref name="sanfran">{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/11/11/businessinsider-amazon-caves-pedophile-guide-pulled-from-the-kindle-store-2010-11.DTL#ixzz14z2BGJUn|title=

Amazon Caves: Pedophile Guide Pulled From The Kindle Store (AMZN)|publisher=San Francisco Gate|accessdate=November 11, 2010|first=Nick|last=Saint}}</ref> and that the site “supported the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions”. However, the site later relented and removed the book.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/8126013/Amazon-removes-paedophile-guide-from-Kindle-store.html|title=Amazon removes ‘paedophile guide’ from Kindle store|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=November 11, 2010|date=November 11, 2010|first=Claudine|last=Beaumont}}</ref> The [[San Francisco Chronicle]] wrote that Amazon "

defended the book, then removed it, then reinstated it, and then removed it ''again.''" <ref name="sanfran"/>

In 2002 and 2009 respectively, Amazon had removed the book ''[[Understanding Loved Boys and Boylovers]]'' and the video game ''[[RapeLay]]'' as a result of similar controversies.<ref name="telegraph"/>

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[[Category: Pedophilia]]

[[Category: Pedophile activism]]

[[Category: Amazon.com]]

[[Category: 2010 books]]

[[Category: 2010 controversies]]

[[Category:Censorship in the United States]]

[[Category:Controversies in the United States]]