- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: HNA Books; First Edition edition (9 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810995573
- ISBN-13: 978-0810995574
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.9 x 1.4 cm
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490,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #94 in Books > Humour > Computers & Internet
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Facebook is the social networking site that has taken first undergrads, then high schoolers, and finally the rest of the world by storm since its 2004 launch at Harvard by then-undergrad Mark Zuckerberg. "The Facebook Book", by Harvard alums and early Booksters Atwan and Lushing, follows in the fine satirical tradition of "The Official Preppy Handbook" and "The Hipster Handbook", full of anecdotes (true and semi-true), tips (useful and useless) and other insights, including chapters on the Ethics and Etiquette of using the 'Book, what your profile really says about you, and a Facebook dictionary (which defines for the uninitiated terms like "frenemey" and "fauxmance"). "The Facebook Book" will appeal not only to undergrads, but also high schoolers (to whom the site was recently opened), savvy parents, and anyone who's tapped into Web 2.0 culture and counterculture.
About the Author
Greg Atwan, Harvard '05, holds degrees in Literature and Classics, dabbles in journalism, and hopes one day to make Facebook stalking a career path. Evan Lushing, Harvard '04, holds a degree in Mathematics, wrote for the Harvard Lampoon, and is a bona fide YouTube celeb.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Very funny
30 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
This book is not going to teach you anything at all about Facebook, if you want to learn how to use the site or how to improve your profile I suggest Facebook for Dumbies. In fact, some of the suggestions the authors make don't even make sense (forinstance, accepting a friend and then immediately deleting them). HOWEVER, this is an EXTREMELY funny book that has a lot of great jokes and is a very entertaining satire of the sorts of people you meet on Facebook, dating on Facebook, etc. It is worth investing in just for the laughs--I was reading it on the bus and it was so funny I almost missed my stop. Just don't expect to learn anything, and you'll have a good time.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
endearing though slightly disorienting in arrangement
30 May 2008
Format:Paperback
First off, anyone familiar with the term 'facebook' will find something, if not everything, endearing about this book. Keep in mind that this tackles the topic of a transmutable subject, which has effectively made this book more of an archive of how Facebook was circa 2007 than anything else. But go ahead and reflect on something that literally just happened and indulge in the nostalgic paralysis that is 2008.
Secondly, and this is for the editors, I would have preferred it had all the profile archetypes been lumped together in the middle of the book, like a mini-facebook flanked by commentary only because a) it would have had a greater impact on the reader, particularly if these archetypes had been expanded upon to include lesser known but ubiquitous users (ie. insecure old-money set on proving their effortless lifestyle to onlooking 'friends') b) on several occasions I found some of these supplementary sidebars jarring to the point where I'd read two pages before realizing that I'd skipped an entire section c) a tactile facebook? who doesn't love irony?
Additionally, what the f happened to the original book cover? A few months ago it felt so regal and timeless, like it should have been wearing a smoking jacket and hosting masterpiece theatre. Now it reminds me of something trying to be something that is and has been dated for 20 years, if not the male counterpart to a Molly Jong-Fast novel.
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Organizational problems and exterior aesthetic aside, this book is to facebook users what a david sedaris is to david sedaris: a self-deprecating inside joke for the very group of people it came to define.
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Secondly, and this is for the editors, I would have preferred it had all the profile archetypes been lumped together in the middle of the book, like a mini-facebook flanked by commentary only because a) it would have had a greater impact on the reader, particularly if these archetypes had been expanded upon to include lesser known but ubiquitous users (ie. insecure old-money set on proving their effortless lifestyle to onlooking 'friends') b) on several occasions I found some of these supplementary sidebars jarring to the point where I'd read two pages before realizing that I'd skipped an entire section c) a tactile facebook? who doesn't love irony?
Additionally, what the f happened to the original book cover? A few months ago it felt so regal and timeless, like it should have been wearing a smoking jacket and hosting masterpiece theatre. Now it reminds me of something trying to be something that is and has been dated for 20 years, if not the male counterpart to a Molly Jong-Fast novel.
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Organizational problems and exterior aesthetic aside, this book is to facebook users what a david sedaris is to david sedaris: a self-deprecating inside joke for the very group of people it came to define.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Read the description before buying
2 Dec 2009
Format:Paperback
This book is funny, albeit maybe not to everyone but to those that enjoy tech-humor or who can laugh at themselves for their devotion to a social networking site. It is not a manual on how to use facebook. Which seems to be the problem that people are having with this book, you bought it for the wrong reason. It is meant more for teens and targets itself towards that audience. If you are planning on buying this book I recommend that you read Amazons description of it before purchasing as I feel it makes it clear that this book isn't intended to be helpful. It makes for a good laugh but not much more. If you want a gift for a teen that is spending to much time on the computer then I strongly recommend this book.
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