Despite heavy criticism, publisher Simon & Schuster is moving forward with plans to release a 2017 book by the conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos (Milo Yiannopoulos Strikes $250K Book Deal), which it says will be about free speech.
While many others inside and outside the publishing industry criticized Simon & Schuster publicly, the book, which is available for pre-order, soared to No 1 on Amazon.com’s bestseller list on Friday.
Simon & Schuster said it does not condone discrimination or hate speech and said the book, titled Dangerous, will be about free speech and will be published in March.
“We have always published books by a wide range of authors with greatly varying, and frequently controversial opinions,” Simon & Schuster said, asking readers to “withhold judgment until they have had a chance to read the actual contents of the book”.
Dangerous will be published by Simon & Schuster imprint Threshold Editions, which focuses on books by conservative voices, including Rush Limbaugh and President-elect Trump.
crazy notion tho: none of ya'll have to read the book , and matter of fact all of yall's outrage towards it being published is gonna end up making more (dumb) people interested in buying it
i hope in 2017 the world learns the best way to deal with trolls is to ignore them