www.billnelson.com

...& nicely discounted in the States for preorder:

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Dreamland-Bill-Nelson-Deluxe/dp/1905139292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290142090&sr=1-1

Paperback, 320 pp, & (momentarily at least) a mere $13.57. I've reserved two -- thus shipping is free. Today, the Universe likes me.

Well,dont hold your breath!!!ordered mine in 2006 and still waiting!
Pete

Oh, I'm still "waiting for Santa Claus" certainly. I mean, the book was slated for release 01 Sept, & now I'm being told it "should" be delivered the last few weeks of 2010. As it's being published by a house named Helter Skelter, all I can do is hope for the best...

Speaking as someone with a few years in book publishing, it looks like Helter Skelter is big on cranking out short-run titles rather than maintaining a proper backlist. We saw this happen with small Canadian presses in the 1990s, which were heavily underwritten by arts grants, & apparently assumed that only Canadians would buy 'em, so there was no effort to sell to the U.S. market much less license rights to a better-placed publisher. Just whomp off 1,000 copies, send 100 out gratis for review, sell what's left, then scratch the title from the website & never mention it again.

mmm,yes, every couple of years it threatens to come out .
I'm sure I'll anticipate reading it after it actually does get to my door some day in the distant future

The limited hard copies did come out. Aren't these suppose to be the second edition in paperback? Still no word if Bill's revisions were accepted though. If they haven't, then I will shoplift a copy, then return it, as I still haven't read it. Nobody in their right mind buys something that they already know is defective unless it's been marked-down. Way down.

I had no idea there were errors when I bought my hardback edition (I'd have probably bought it anyway). I think the hardback is published by Helter Skelter. Astro's right I think..the paperback is supposed to be a second edition with corrected errors.

ok I may have my books mixed up , but this is the one about Bill, not the one by Bill (Hyperdreamer ) , right ?.

Dar, It's 'Music In Dreamland' and not 'Diary of a Hyperdreamer'. But don't worry, Bill's hardly even in it.

There was a thread some time ago where people could enter their findings in terms of errors or irregularities. Bill then notified the author, but apparently never received a response. So considering that, I would say it does look bleak in terms of any corrections having been made. But it would be a nice surprise to see a new edition with minimal errors.

Mr M, have you read the hardback version? Bill is oddly portrayed as a pre-teen merchant seaman who returns to land merely to become a white van man. No mention of guitars or even a passing interest in music. Something wrong in the translation, I believe.

Yeah, and?!!....

Erm... Bill doesn't drive a van?