+    @staticmethod
+    def from_xml_file(xml_file):
+        from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+        from slughifi import slughifi
+        import dcparser
+        
+        book_info = dcparser.parse(xml_file)
+        book = Book(title=book_info.title, slug=slughifi(book_info.title))
+        book.save()
+        
+        book_tags = []
+        for category in ('kind', 'genre', 'author', 'epoch'):    
+            tag_name = getattr(book_info, category)
+            tag_sort_key = tag_name
+            if category == 'author':
+                tag_sort_key = tag_name.last_name
+                tag_name = ' '.join(tag_name.first_names) + ' ' + tag_name.last_name
+            tag, created = Tag.objects.get_or_create(name=tag_name,
+                slug=slughifi(tag_name), sort_key=slughifi(tag_sort_key), category=category)
+            tag.save()
+            book_tags.append(tag)
+        book.tags = book_tags
+        
+        # Save XML and HTML files
+        book.xml_file.save('%s.xml' % book.slug, File(file(xml_file)), save=False)
+        
+        html_file = NamedTemporaryFile()
+        html.transform(book.xml_file.path, html_file)
+        book.html_file.save('%s.html' % book.slug, File(html_file), save=False)
+        
+        # Extract fragments
+        closed_fragments, open_fragments = html.extract_fragments(book.html_file.path)
+        book_themes = []
+        for fragment in closed_fragments.values():
+            new_fragment = Fragment(html=fragment.to_string(), short_html=fragment.to_string(),
+                anchor=fragment.id, book=book)
+                
+            theme_names = [s.strip() for s in fragment.themes.split(',')]
+            themes = []
+            for theme_name in theme_names:
+                tag, created = Tag.objects.get_or_create(name=theme_name,
+                    slug=slughifi(theme_name), sort_key=slughifi(theme_name), category='theme')
+                tag.save()
+                themes.append(tag)
+            new_fragment.save()
+            new_fragment.tags = list(book.tags) + themes
+            book_themes += themes
+        
+        book_themes = set(book_themes)
+        book.tags = list(book.tags) + list(book_themes)
+        return book.save()