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April 24th, 2009

I don’t know how I missed this when it was first published, but back in early December Goldmine magazine posted their full review of U2-A Diary, and it’s probably the best review of all. Check this out:

The timeline McGee sets up and the way he strings together quotes from U2 insiders makes for an easy, compelling read, and the book is full of superb black-and-white images — some of them rarely seen before — that only serve to enhance McGee’s exhaustive history of a band that still matters.

How cool is that?!? And the review also includes the short Q&A that we did via email. I wish I’d seen this when it was first published, but I’m glad to have found it at all.

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Big in Japan

April 19th, 2009

Look what arrived in the mail this weekend:

U2 - A Diary ... in Japanese

It’s the Japanese translation of U2 – A Diary! The book is smaller than the original, but also came out at exactly 336 pages. Oh, and unlike the original, this one is a hardcover. I like it!

Seeing your name on any book is cool beyond words, but to then get to see your name on a book that’s been translated into another language? Are you kidding? Totally cool and surreal.

I hope the U2 fans in Japan, and any Japanese speakers/readers around the world who might order this version, enjoy the book. I’m told that the publisher who bought the rights and did the translation has a very good reputation for quality work. Sure looks like it from what I can tell … then again, I can’t understand a word of what’s inside.

Matt | The Book | 1 comment Jump to the top of this page

Found in Translation

March 17th, 2009

book coverThis is too cool: There’s a Japanese translation of U2 – Diary available on Amazon.co.jp.

Here’s the link.

I could be wrong, but it looks like the translated version is already available and ready to be shipped. The folks at Omnibus said in an email that the licensing agreement was only signed recently, and that it’s probably not ready for shipping yet. No matter, I just think it’s super-cool to see the book being translated into Japanese.

I’m also aware of one other translation in the works, and will post on that as soon as possible.

Wondering if the book will be translated into your native language? Please read this blog post from last summer where I try to explain how all that works.

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Great exposure at HMV Manchester

March 6th, 2009

From Roars via Aaron comes this cool photo of the HMV store in Manchester (UK), where U2 – A Diary has been chosen to be part of a big wall of U2 goodies to promote the new album.

HMV photo

Two things stand out to me:

1. How cool to see the book featured like that underneath and surrounded by nothing but official releases?! Awesome.

2. Unrelated: I haven’t seen a U2 display like that at any retail store in forever. Are there any U.S. retailers that have that many U2 CDS and DVDs in stock and on shelves?

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Featured on Alan Cross’ podcast

March 4th, 2009

I want to share a big THANK YOU to Alan Cross for mentioning U2 – A Diary on his popular radio podcast, “The Ongoing History of New Music Minute.” It happened yesterday, and Alan is kind enough to let me share the short MP3 file here on the blog.

Download here. (365k MP3)

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