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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.
| Size | | Length: | 416 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 21.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Suzanne Church almost never had to bother with the blue blazer these days."
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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