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The book of the blog

Not very many blogs end up as books. This one did!
Lorcan Dempsey 1 min read

The book

I blogged for many years at Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog. We have ported the entries to this venue, and previous URLs should redirect.

I was very pleased that ALA Publishing agreed to publish a book of the blog and also that they agreed we could make a version open for all. It is released by Facet in the UK.

The blog was very influential for several years, popularizing various themes and phrases.

I am grateful to Ken Varnum for working with me on this – he turned a mountain of words into a book.

Get the book

The book is available in these places.

Amazon (US)

Amazon (UK)

ALA

Facet Publishing

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The movie

Ken Varnum interviewed me about the book. There is an introduction and a longer version. Video definitely adds years and lbs ...

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