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Books About the Web


Cover art for ENCHANTMENT
NONFICTION
Released: March 8, 2011

"Informative, concise guide from one of America's most influential and, yes, enchanting entrepreneurs."
Apple's former chief evangelist leads businessfolk down the path to enchantment. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE GOOGLIZATION OF EVERYTHING
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011

"An urgent reminder to look more closely at dangers that lurk in plain sight."
Information overload is the least of Google's problems in this intriguing exposé of the popular website. Read full book review >
Cover art for CURATION NATION
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 15, 2011

"A compelling discussion of the evolution of curation in the digital world."
Documentary filmmaker and creator of MTV News UNfiltered navigates the information age in this debut volume. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE NETWORK IS YOUR CUSTOMER
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011

"Level-headed advice for companies contemplating a leap into the digital arena."
Rogers (Center on Global Brand Leadership/Columbia Business School; co-editor, Handbook on Brand and Experience Management, 2009, etc.) presents a guide to how businesses and other organizations can use emerging digital technologies to reach customers. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE NET DELUSION
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011

"A serious consideration of the online world that sparkles with charm and wit."
In his debut, Foreign Policy contributing editor Morozov pulls the Internet into sharp focus, exposing the limits of its inner logic, its reckless misuse and the dangerous myopia of its champions. Read full book review >
Cover art for WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2010

"Techno-mysticism aside, a timely and urgent book about the possibly dangerous fruits of human inventiveness."
Wired founding editor Kelly (Asia Grace, 2002, etc.) attempts to balance a clear-eyed overview of the rise of technology and its place with a grand statement about what it all means. Read full book review >