Want to see online success turn to real-world humiliation? Come to my book reading in Austin this weekend

pursuitist.com 10 Mar '12, 2am

Want to see online success turn to real-world humiliation? Come to my book reading in Austin this weekend

This article titled “Want to see online success turn to real-world humiliation? Come to my book reading in Austin this weekend” was written by Paul Carr, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 9th March 2012 21.41 UTC This Saturday in Texas, things are going to get real. A little too real. “The Upgrade “, my memoir about how I spent almost five years living in hotels nearly killing myself with alcohol, is coming out in paperback in the US and my publisher suggested that we launch the book in Austin. After all, this weekend marks the start of the South By Southwest Interactive conference and, not only will the town be full of potential readers, but the book contains an entire chapter about how I made an idiot of myself at the event back in 2008. Perfect, right? Such a shame, then, that I had to decline. “The trouble is,” I explained to my publisher, “back in 2009 I vowed never to ret...

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