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You would probably love this book: Akira Okrent - In the Land of Invented Languages. She's a linguist who goes about trying to learn some of a bunch of different conlangs and the communities that speak them. It's a really interesting read and quite fun.
I've studied a bit of Esperanto and absolutely adore it for its ease of use.
xkcd's comic on standards is applicable here: https://xkcd.com/927/
You may be interested in this book, which among other things, describes a Esperanto meeting and the struggles that arise: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Land-Invented-Languages-Arika-Okrent/dp/0812980891
If you're interested in this topic, I HIGHLY recommend this book on the topic:
http://www.amazon.com/Land-Invented-Languages-Adventures-Linguistic/dp/0812980891/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289340641&sr=8-1
"In The Land of Invented Languages" by Arika Okrent
It's a history of invented languages and goes in depth on some of the more interesting examples and more. Nicely written and fun to read.
While I couldn't find a pdf of the book, I found a much cheaper (although still quite expensive) listing on Amazon. I don't understand why so many linguistically oriented books are priced this way. Why are you interested in this book, though? Perhaps there's another more reasonably priced option that would be helpful. Have you tried In the Land of Invented Languages? Both seem to cover a similar thrust.
For the sake of some differentiation on the list:
The Languages of Middle-Earth" for the Scifi leaning people or vaguely interested folks who enjoyed the movies. Tolkien was a language fiend and created some extensive lexicons, syntactic systems, and phonology for every language in his universe.
"In the Land of Invented Languages" All on manufactured languages and the weird people who make them. Klingon, Elvish, Esperanto, etc.
William S Burroughs "Electronic Revolution" (a bit occult, though) on the power of language as a transmittable virus