But Amazon later withdrew the book from its online store after a campaign against it spread on Twitter, Facebook and other media.

Commenting online, some people had said they planned to boycott the online store in protest.

The book title appeared on the company's website yesterday but a subsequent message read: "We're sorry. The Web address you entered is not a functioning page on our site".

There was no immediate comment from Amazon.

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