Another inmate helped him smuggle the book out of prison, CTV reported.
The publisher requested its removal from retailer Amazon and apologised to victims` families, reports said.
Officials in British Columbia had earlier vowed to prevent Pickton, who says he is innocent, from profiting from sales of the memoir, entitled Pickton: In His Own Words.
"It is not right that a person who caused so much harm and hurt so many people could profit from his behaviour," said the province`s Minister for Public Safety, Mike Morris, in a statement.
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