The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia – reprint, with updates and corrections

Thanks to Michael Gray for news that a reprint of his hardback book, The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, printed in the UK, is now starting to percolate through to shops. It differs from the first UK printing by featuring a number of corrections plus updated entries on Bob's XM Satellite Radio series and on Paul Nelson.

These do not represent the full range of amendments Gray hopes will feature in future reprints but they incorporate the 55 changes it was possible to make by 14 July (including Paul Nelson's death). The reprint also includes an updated CD-Rom of the corrected text.

Gray comments: “There is nothing on the copyright page to indicate that this is a corrected reprint, so completists standing in bookshops wondering if they're looking at the reprint or not are recommended to check the Paul Nelson entry. If he's dead, it's a corrected reprint.

“Completists should also note that this means there are now three versions of the book, all with the same ISBN and thus all considered to be part of the first edition: ie copies printed in the US (on cream paper), first-printing copies printed in the UK (on white paper) and now the UK reprint (white paper again).”

Michael Gray will be giving a talk at this year's John Green Memorial Day event at the Park Inn, Northampton, next Saturday, 28 October. He'll be speaking in the afternoon, and he will also be running a stall at the event.




Gerry Smith