Simon & Schuster has finally pulled Milo Yiannopoulos' book deal after a video emerged showing the alt-right troll and Breitbarteditor defending and advocating for sexual relationships between 13-year-olds and adults.

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"They canceled my book," Yiannopoulos wrote on Facebook:

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But an independent Scottish publisher, Canongate, was over the moon about the news:

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Even children's book publishers joined the conversation:

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