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Book revision: now with more thanks!

The bad news: there’s going to be a delay on Amazon distribution for Crescat Graffiti. Apparently the cover text is too close to the edge (fair enough, there’s been a few copies where the final “o” is a tiny bit cut off). As a rule, revising a book once you’ve purchased the extended distribution pack [...]

“Crescat Graffiti” at the Seminary Co-op

I dropped by the Seminary Co-op this morning, and indeed, you can now find “Crescat Graffiti” there on the shelves. Well, less “shelves” and more “the counter to the right of the right-hand cash register” (here’s a close-up). At the moment, Hyde Park’s indie bookstores are the only place to get the book, since my [...]

“Crescat Graffiti”: now on Google Books and in Hyde Park bookstores

If you want to preview “Crescat Graffiti”, you can now check it out on Google Books. And if you want a copy and are in the Chicago area, you can now support local bookstores by dropping by Seminary Co-op, 57th St. Books or the Hyde Park Powell’s. All bookstore copies are signed. At least at [...]

Alexa, master of A-level graphs, clears some things up

Towards the beginning of winter quarter 2008, Alexa and her friends had a pretty prominent place in the photos I was taking on the A-level. Alexa made some pretty great charts, two of which found their way into the book (second photo on pages 42 and 103, respectively.) When Alexa’s current roommate, Loranne, showed her [...]

Books are here!

As if it wasn’t cluttered enough with luggage and the piles of books that are always there, my living room is now covered with the 5 boxes from Lulu containing 10 copies of Crescat Graffiti each. If you’d like a signed copy (that comes with a button!), here’s the book order page (courtesy of a [...]

Firsts

A 20-lb box containing 50 copies of Crescat Graffiti is waiting for me back in Chicago. Tomorrow I’ll have have signed sale in person and via PayPal ($12 + shipping and envelope costs, as low as $3). In the meantime, though, a couple firsts. The first copy of the book– the final proof, as poorly [...]

First book proof

The proof copy of Crescat Graffiti, Vita Excolatur: Confessions of the University of Chicago came in the mail yesterday. On the whole, I’m really pleased with it. There’s a few changes that I need to make in the text (spelling “acknowledgments” consistently, fixing page references that changed after I wrote the text, adding a few [...]