Today I got a book directly from its author.
As a republican[1] I went to an event today about the promotion of the republican ideals and got a book from one of the panelists called « Précis républicain à l'usage des québécois ».
1: Note for my US friends, this has nothing to do with the US political party of the same name. The idea of republicanism in the US died in the middle of the 19th century and the republican party of today is strongly opposed to its principles.