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    A Sense of Fear at Barnes & Noble

    August 1, 2014

    It’s been almost six years since my book was released and it’s not in active printing any longer, as far as I know. The second version was published in 2011, but only in the UK.

    So it’s been a looooong time since I’ve seen it at any bookstore.

    And now, I’m at the point where I actually fear the possibility of seeing it at a bookstore. Because I’m afraid that this is where I’ll see it:

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    It’s one thing to see used copies of the book selling on Amazon and/or eBay for a dollar, but I’m not ready to see new copies in the bargain section at Barnes & Noble. I was browsing our local store yesterday and came away extremely relieved to not see it there. But that fear doesn’t go away … it only makes me more hesitant to go in the bookstore again next time.

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    Parents’ Love, Shown in One Photo

    September 2, 2013

    Not that I’ll ever doubt how much my parents love me, but if I did, this kind of thing would just wipe it away immediately.

    If you visit my parents’ house, you’ll see this on the main coffee table in their living room:

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    That’s my book, U2 – A Diary. It was published in 2008. It’s still out and sitting on that coffee table, five years later.

    They’ve never put it away. I think that’s love.

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    Amazon UK Can KMA

    October 11, 2012

    As if it’s not bad enough that the second version of my book, U2 – A Diary has been plagued with printing issues and was only available in the UK/Europe … now there’s this slap-in-the-face email that arrived last night from Amazon UK.

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    Do I want to trade-in my own book??? What kind of a question is that???

    The nerve….

    Thanks Amazon UK. KMA. 🙂

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    Hardback Version of U2-A Diary?

    February 25, 2012

    If I had more information, I’d be posting this over on U2diary.com as an official update. But for now, I’ll share it here.

    My friend Xavi in Spain recently ordered the English-language 2nd edition of U2-A Diary via a Spanish website. And somewhat amazingly, he got a hardback version of the book! It looks fantastic.

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    No one at the publisher said anything about doing a hardback version of the book. That’s also not the cover I was expecting — they told me the rays of light wouldn’t be there, and the tagline “complete day to day history” is also unexpected.

    So, this is a pretty big shock. I need to look into whether this is something only available in Spain, or if it’s more widely available. Either way, I want one!

    The only other hardback version I’ve seen was for the first edition back in 2008-09, when the publisher who bought the Japanese translation rights decided to publish a hardback version. I have a copy of that one, so now I need to complete my set.

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    Random Thoughts: Travel

    July 20, 2010

    1.) They never have my book at airport bookstores. That’s understandable now; the book came out almost two years ago. But I never saw it in any airport bookstores in late 2008/early 2009, either. Waaaaaah.

    2.) Flying at the end of the month has a drawback: the crossword puzzle in the in-flight magazine is always finished. Double waaaaaah.

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    U2 Fan Fail

    July 16, 2010

    I love U2 fans. I’ve spent the better part of two decades defending U2 fans (whenever needed) to others who think we’re all a bunch of Bono-worshipping nutcases. In the mid-1990s, I almost wrote a book extolling the virtues and awesomeness of U2 fans.

    U2 fans are, for the most part, Good People. “Cool U2 fans” as a percentage of “all U2 fans” is a much higher number than “cool people” as a percentage of “all people.” So you can imagine my disappointment and general WTF? reaction to seeing this in the daily analytics report for U2diary.com, the web site for my book:

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    (facepalm)

    Some U2 fan did a web search hoping to find and download a free, digital copy of my book. S/He wanted to steal the book, basically; to get it for free.

    Pretty sure no such digital copy/torrent exists, so I hope this “U2 fan” (using the term loosely) instead found the section of U2diary.com where I’ve published almost 10 book samples.