The Wee Blue Book

The Wee Blue Book is a publication created to advance the "Yes" argument in the Scottish independence referendum of 2014. It was written by Stuart Campbell of the pro-independence website Wings Over Scotland.

The 72-page book was published as a digital edition on 11 August 2014, and 300,000 copies[1] were subsequently printed, using money collected in an Indiegogo online fundraising campaign,[2] and distributed across Scotland from the first week of September.[3][4] Within a month, the digital edition had been downloaded 550,000 times.[5]

It was also released as an audiobook[6] and narrated video,[7] translated into Gaelic[8] and turned into a standalone website.[9]

The book also commented on the constitutional status of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.[10]

The book was described by Spanish news website ABC.es as "Salmond's secret weapon",[11] referring to Alex Salmond.

At the end of 2014, as the Scottish newspapers collected nominations for book of the year, a couple of people named it as their favourite: author Chris Dolan described it as iconic,[12] journalist Lesley Riddoch said she chose it for its portability and sheer audacity.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Gray, Michael (15 September 2015). "Corbyn will fail for same reason Yes did not win". The National. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Let's Hit The Streets: Story". Indiegogo. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Time to get busy". wingsoverscotland.com. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Gross, Jenny; Douglas, Jason (2 September 2014). "Knock, Knock for Scottish Independence Ahead of Vote". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Bryant, Ben (11 September 2014). "Cybernat Campbell: The Blogger Trying to Break Up Britain". Vice News. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. ↑ https://soundcloud.com/scotindependencepodcast/the-scottish-independence-2
  7. ↑ Scotland's Referendum 2014 - The Wee Blue Book Narrated. YouTube. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "An Leabhar Beag Gorm" (PDF). worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. ↑ http://theweebluebook.com/
  10. ↑ Johnson, Peter (17 September 2014). "Carmichael sets record straight on independence comments". The Shetland Times. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  11. ↑ Bergareche, Borja (2014-09-17). "El arma secreta de Salmond: el librito azul de la independencia y «lo que no cuentan los medios»" [Salmond's secret weapon: the blue book of independence and "we do not have the means"] (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  12. ↑ "Books Of The Year 2014: Herald Choices". The Herald. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Leading Scots reveal their favourite books of 2014". Edinburgh Evening News. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
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