A forthcoming memoir by the arch conservative Trump supporter, Milo Yiannopoulos will not be published in Australia.
The Australian division of Simon & Schuster has announced it will not be stocking or distributing physical copies of Yiannopolouos's Dangerous, described as "a substantive examination" of the issues surrounding political correctness and free speech.
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Simon & Schuster Australia said it had a local publishing program and, in many instances, didn't publish books from other territories and markets.
But pressure has been mounting ever since Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced the lucrative book deal in which Yiannopoulos was reported to have received a $250,000 advance.
Jon Page, owner of Pages & Pages, Mosman, and the online retailer Boomerang Books, became the first Australian bookseller to publicly declare he would not stock or promote the book by Yiannopoulos, a mouthpiece of the hard right and a figure of controversy for his anti-immigration, anti-Islam stand.
"The election and inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States has seen a resurgence of fascism and right wing rhetoric the likes of which I didn't think we would ever see again," Page told Fairfax Media on Thursday.
"I do not agree with Milo Yiannopoulos' far right views and don't believe there is any benefit in helping share his views in our society.
"While I am a passionate believer in free speech and would never ban a book, views such as Milo Yiannopoulos should not be allowed to take root in our society.
"Customers are welcome to special order his book in but we will not be stocking the book or helping to promote the book in anyway."
Dangerous is due to be published in the United States on June 13. The decision by the local division means books can only be purchased by customers or booksellers via the United States through Amazon or a local supplier.
It was the right of every bookseller to decide what books they are going to stock or not stock in their shops and they are free to make that decision with this book, Joel Becker, chief executive of the Australian Bookseller's Association said. "This is a book that will be controversial and is likely to offend. There is certainly no organised boycott."
Before the Simon & Schuster announcement, Mark Rubbo, managing director of Readings, said his shops would be stocking the book. 'I don't believe in censorship. So we stock the likes of Andrew Bolt and Keith Windschuttle. We keep Mein Kampf on the shelves.
"I think it's our job to sell books and I think some of our customers - not many, I hope - may be interested in Milo Yiannopoulos' book. You stock many people you disagree with."
Dymocks managing director Steve Cox said: "We do not seek to promote or discourage any particular point of view and nor do we censor material."