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Title: All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster by Joseph Menn ISBN: 0609610937 Publisher: Crown Pub Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9
Rating: 1
Summary: Unbelievably inaccurate, sloppy reporting
Comment: As someone who actually worked at Napster, I think I am in a position to say that this book is way off. I won't take issue with Menn's choice of whom to champion and whom to vilify in the Napster crew; however the reams of factual errors betray his inability to reach a wide number of inside sources and his complete ignorance of the music industry. Let's just say that he refers to a very senior female head of a record label as "he", and has his dates and players completely wrong with regards to the Bertelsmann investment in Napster - a very important chapter in the company's history. Menn also fails to examine in detail the actual demise and eventual bankruptcy of the company, preferring instead to dwell on the "wacky hijinks" of a bunch of young programmers. THAT story is nothing new. It happened at every startup. I found this book badly written and way off the mark.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good description of napster story
Comment: This was a good and entertaining book about what happened with Napster, including some details that I haven't seen elsewhere in print.
A couple of quibbles. When the author refers to "Fanning" in the book, he means John Fanning, not Shawn. This seems weird to me, given that Shawn Fanning's name is in the subtitle of the book.
And Unix is an operating system, not a programming language.
Rating: 5
Summary: Inside look at Napster
Comment: ...This book tells the story that the press doesn't tell; the chaotic side of Napster and the internal feuds.
Starting with the first paragraph, the book reveals that this isn't the normal story of Napster, but rather a deep story that reveals the people, not the image, behind the revolutionary service.
This book is definitely worth reading, if not for the real story behind one of the craziest businesses ever, then for the what-not-to-do business aspects behind it.
I definitely recommend this book to all readers. Have fun and enjoy the book!
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Title: Irresistible Forces : The Business Legacy of Napster and the Growth of the Underground Internet by Trevor Merriden ISBN: 1841121703 Publisher: Capstone Ltd Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sonic Boom: Napster, MP3, and the New Pioneers of Music by John Alderman ISBN: 0738204056 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: 07 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Perfect Store: Inside eBay by Adam Cohen ISBN: 0316150487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Netslaves 2.0: Tales of Surviving the Great Tech Gold Rush by Bill Lessard, Steve Baldwin, Allowrth Press ISBN: 1581152841 Publisher: Allworth Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: F'd Companies: Spectacular Dot-Com Flameouts by Philip J. Kaplan ISBN: 0743228626 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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