Ngomhla zingama-28 kuMfumfu, umshicileli waseMelika uSimon & Schuster uzoshicilela incwadi entsha ezoqukatha wonke amagama ezingoma ezibhalwe nguBob Dylan. Le ncwadi izokhishwa ngaphansi kwegama lika- 'Bob Dylan: The Lyrics: Kusukela ngo-1962', njengohlelo olulinganiselwe lwamakhophi angu-3.000 500 kuphela ase-United States nangu-200 ase-United Kingdom, athengiswa ngentengo yama-dollar angu-50 ikhophi ngayinye. Abashiseka ngokweqile bazokwazi ukukhetha ukuthenga eyodwa kwamakhophi angu-5.000 akhethekile asayinwe umculi wodumo ngentengo ephansi yamadola angu-960 incwadi ngayinye. Ikhophi inkulu kakhulu, inamakhasi angama-XNUMX futhi inesisindo esingamakhilogremu ayisithupha.
Lolu shicilelo lulungiswe umbhali wempilo yabantu UChristopher Rick, umbhali wencwadi ethi “Dylan’s Visions of Sin” (2003), ngokubambisana noLisa noJulie Nemrow, abebephethe umklamo wayo. Ngokombiko womshicileli, omunye umehluko phakathi kwale ncwadi naleyo eyashicilelwa ngo-2004 wukuphelela kwayo. Kwacaciswa ukuthi u-Rick ukwazile ukufinyelela imibhalo yesandla kaDylan kanye nezincwadi zokubhalela ukuze alungiselele uhlelo olubucayi lapho kufakwe khona okuhlukile kwezingoma. Le ncwadi iphinda ikhiqize izithombe zawo wonke amakhava e-albhamu.