One month ago, I wrote about how publisher Simon & Schuster gave Milo Yiannopoulos a $250,000 advance for his memoir Dangerous. But after comments by Yiannopoulos surfaced that seemed to condone pedophilia, the publisher dropped him (he later said the way he phrased things "led to confusion”). However, Yiannopoulos was undeterred. “I’ve gone through worse," he wrote. "This will not defeat me... I want to send them a message that they can never again do this to a libertarian or a conservative." Consequently, Yiannopoulos decided to publish his book himself:

The memoir will be the first book to be published under his own Dangerous Books label, which will specialise in titles by authors who “can’t get published.” The venture was revealed as part of Milo Inc, a new media venture announced by Yiannopoulos…

One of the provocateur's associates said, “Simon & Schuster has more leftist rules than Facebook and censored his book to hell, but Dangerous Books is a free-speech platform.” Self-publishing seems to be working out quite well for Yiannopoulos. One month prior to the book's publication date, his book was #1 on Amazon, soaring past Chelsea Clinton's book. On July 4th, when Milo's book was officially published, it was at the #1 spot again.

No doubt the sales are due to his popularity on social media, even though he was banned from Twitter after tweeting something the social media company deemed to be racist:

He took it in stride, and is apparently reaping the benefits.