I never got the "Oh noes, the author isn't perfect! BURN THEIR BOOKS!" thing. Yeah, serial killer bad, but if it's not reflected in the books... *shrug*

Hamster Huey and the gooey kablooie was better.

Eh. Is the book a good book for kids? Awesome, sell the hell out of it, and use the proceeds to benefit the victims' families.

Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

FTFA

"Parents will more than likely be horrified to find out that the book they either purchased or read to their children was written by a serial killer,"

Horrified? Why?

That article was full of pointless

Told you he was bad news.

MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

this publicity is going to sell a lot of copies of the book. false flag by the publisher?

Who cares?

He wrote an action/adventure story and just because he's a serial killer people want the book removed from Amazon? That's pretty stupid. It's not like he wrote a how-to book on murder or pederasty or something like that. They should keep it up for sale and send the proceeds to the victim's families so he doesn't profit from the book.

Yeah... I'm thinking it didn't sell 14,000 in two weeks. And I'm sort of doubting the movie deal as well.

But good job Mr. Reporterman. Thanks to you a book no one had even heard about, that was maybe written by a serial killer, is now getting a lot of press and possible sales that it otherwise would have never received. Kudos. It's like you're personally helping him murder each of his victims again (but not really because it's just a farking book).

And didn't the pedobook only sale around 1, total?

alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

Yikes! Guess that person doesn't read much.

Tikki Tikki Tembo no Sa Rembo unavailable for comment?

So great author's can write about absolutely atrocious things (Blood Meridian for example) but if the author is somehow a bad or evil person then the book is bad? This doesn't logically follow.

Seriously, wtf is wrong with people in this country? Of all the things in life to be pissed off about and making a stand about you worry about this? This has rank pretty low on the spectrum of threats to our children.

/losing hope in the rational ability of society

alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

Nelson Mandela ...

Zeddediah: alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

Nelson Mandela ...

Haile Selassie...

alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

... Who was convicted and put to death by the local authorities. I don't think many people think things through.

Amazon is reportedly selling a children's book that was penned by convicted serial killer Charles Kembo, sparking new discussions about their business practices



A quick check to the page... Amazon doesn't have it on hand, it done print on demand.

It's "published" by Publish America, a vanity press that does lots of crap books. The fact the book has a sales rank around 12k makes it a very well selling self published book. I'd carry it.

FTFA: "In June 2010, Kembo was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder by a B.C. Supreme Court jury. Kembo's victims were adults killed between October 2002 and July 2005. Kembo was sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years."

Seriously? This is what you get in Canada for four counts of first-degree murder?? Possibly out in 25 years...

Yes, let's judge its merits based on the author rather than the content.

To cut off the hands, he used a technique known as "the Kembo Slice".

This left the victims with arms a-kembo.

/somebody stop me

was somehow expecting more. and maybe that is what buyers of the book thought too. this crap is so high on the priority list that i will put it in the circular file.

are there any people really offended about this?

1 print on demand? seriously?

poot_rootbeer: To cut off the hands, he used a technique known as "the Kembo Slice".

This left the victims with arms a-kembo.

/somebody stop me

+1 ~to you~

Kembo isn't technically a serial killer

He killed for people for an attempted financial gain, doesn't really fit the definition

Ed Grubermann: ... Who was convicted and put to death by the local authorities. I don't think many people think things through.

He never wrote any books though.

Okay, I was willing to give the guy and the book the benefit of the doubt till he admitted writing his book for children/teens alone, in the dark, in the nude. Combine that with the serial killer thing, and it's just a bridge too far.

/doesn't like to pick up books she has to wash her hands after handling

alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ



does not approve

wont_eat_bugs: Another fine "best seller" from PublishAmerica, the vanity press that brought us the classic, Atlanta Nights (new window). From the back cover: "Gripping, squeezing, mashing, bashing, this book will give a man cramps and a woman a prostate. It delivers."

I understand now why the article referred to the serial killer's book as fraudulent.

THIS.

PublishAmerican can't get its products in real bookstores, so they have to go online. They're overpriced, shoddy, unedited bits of crap. PA publishes anything & everything it's sent, gives the author a $1 'advance', and that's it.

nonzero: alowishus: MrEricSir: Doesn't look like it's exactly a hot seller. Here's the Amazon page.

Here's the title of one of the reviews:

"Amazon need to run a background check of all of their authors, and remove the ones of every person convicted of a crime!"

Jesus Christ

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does not approve

That's the worst looking Santa Clause ever!

Did he also write this one?

Beeblebrox: FTFA: "In June 2010, Kembo was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder by a B.C. Supreme Court jury. Kembo's victims were adults killed between October 2002 and July 2005. Kembo was sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility for 25 years."

Seriously? This is what you get in Canada for four counts of first-degree murder?? Possibly out in 25 years...

Yes it is. This is the longest sentence available I believe. If they want to keep him in prison beyond this, they have to apply for 'dangerous offender' status which would mean they could keep him indefinitely if the court agreed to it.

That book summary reads like a summary of a bad self-insert fanfic on Fanfiction.net.

Vampire_Blues: this publicity is going to sell a lot of copies of the book. false flag by the publisher?


The Publisher isPublish America/a> (^) a well known scam. (^). They don't give a fark about their authors.

i_got_no_strings: Okay, I was willing to give the guy and the book the benefit of the doubt till he admitted writing his book for children/teens alone, in the dark, in the nude. Combine that with the serial killer thing, and it's just a bridge too far.

/doesn't like to pick up books she has to wash her hands after handling

Yeah, I was more disturbed by the "alone, in the dark, in the nude" thing than the possibly having killed people thing, actually.

Mawson of the Antarctic: Tikki Tikki Tembo no Sa Rembo unavailable for comment?

Of course not - he's at the bottom of the well, oh most honourable one!

/*gasp* Chari Bari Ruchi Pip Perry Pembo!
//First thing I thought of after seeing the name
///Loved that book as a kid
////Puppet Show! Whee! (new window)

simon_bar_sinister: was somehow expecting more. and maybe that is what buyers of the book thought too. this crap is so high on the priority list that i will put it in the circular file.

are there any people really offended about this?

1 print on demand? seriously?

I'm offended by the fact that Publish America is still in existence. fark that "publisher", its authors would be better off going to Lulu or other self-publishing services.

You'd think he could at least trade a couple cigs for a decent cover design.