Makers by Cory Doctorow (2009, Hardcover) 
Makers by Cory Doctorow (2009, Hardcover)

 
Makers by Cory Doctorow (2009, Hardcover)

Publisher: Tor Books
Publication Date: 2009-10-27
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0765312794
ISBN-13: 9780765312792
Product ID: EPID72728429
Description: Interestingly, starting a few months before Cory Doctorow's fifth novel came out in print, Tor.com started publishing the book serially online--part of a push from struggling book publishers to deal with dwindling sales and digital compe...
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Interestingly, starting a few months before Cory Doctorow's fifth novel came out in print, Tor.com started publishing the book serially online--part of a push from struggling book publishers to deal with dwindling sales and digital competition. This is noteworthy because Doctorow's MAKERS touches--albeit indirectly--on all these issues: economic downturn, technological changes, creativity, and finding new models for continuing to produce products of love when all the indications point to failure. Doctorow's unlikely heroes Lester Banks and Perry Gibbons turn tossed-out electronics into ingenious inventions, while journalist-turned-blogger Suzanne Church takes it upon herself to document their efforts. Theirs is a story of ingenuity, business acumen, economic failures, and about cultivating the passion to make things that you truly care about.

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Publication Date:2009-10-27

Size
Length:416 pages
Height:9.3 in
Width:6.3 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:21.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Applying their unique inventing talents to the creations of highly technological economic systems, Perry and Lester transform the country only to suffer a bust from which they recover by inventing interactive rides throughout the nation's Wal-Marts, a comeback that is threatened by a jealous Disney executive. By the Locus Award-winning author of Little Brother.

Industry Reviews
"In this tour de force...Doctorow's combination of business strategy, brilliant product ideas and laugh-out-loud moments of insight will keep readers powering through this quick-moving tale." (starred review)
(09/07/2009)

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