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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Keating, Gina
- ISBN
- 9781591846598
- Book Title
- Netflixed : the Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Computers, Performing Arts, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Film / General, Internet / General, Industries / Media & Communications, Film / History & Criticism, Corporate & Business History
- Item Weight
- 10.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1591846595
ISBN-13
9781591846598
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159926939
Product Key Features
Book Title
Netflixed : the Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, Internet / General, Industries / Media & Communications, Film / History & Criticism, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Computers, Performing Arts, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"The little red envelope that could . . . and did! This is a classic Silicon Valley start-up tale and Keating gives readers behind-the-scenes access to a story that continues to play out in America's mailboxes, living rooms, and mobile devices every day." --JIM COOK, CFO of Mozilla; Netflix founding team member "A well-crafted, well-researched, and well-sourced page-turner. Keating is no stranger to this subject, having covered Netflix for years as a reporter, and gives readers a fascinating and insightful look into the inner workings of a company that forever changed how America watches movies." --LORI STREIFLER, executive editor, City News Service Inc. "Even if all you know about Netflix is that it has bright red mailers and comes out of your Roku box, Keating's reporting will make you want to sit down and learn more. It's a tale of corporate intrigue, gigantic success, and enormous failure." --ALLAN PARACHINI, adjunct professor, California State University; former Los Angeles Times reporter " Netflixed has all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for me, it was also nostalgic. Gina Keating perfectly captured the pressure, energy, and emotion we all felt as we fought Netflix for control of America's living rooms. I'm often asked by people, 'What happened at Blockbuster?' Now I can tell them . . . just read Netflixed ." --BEN COOPER, EVP, Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media; former head of marketing, Blockbuster Online "...Veteran media journalist Keating's nonfiction debut is a surprisingly swift-paced mix of investigative journalism and thrillerlike suspense. The major players in the game--Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Blockbuster's John Antioco--are both complicated characters, and Keating does a commendable job painting a portrait of these very different business leaders, each with his own unique approach to vying for the same brass ring: domination of the American home-entertainment market ...An impressive look at the infinite complexities and cutthroat competition driving the deceptively simple business of 21st-century movie delivery. -- Kirkus Reviews "There's a grim reality behind the magical wafting of DVDs to our mailboxes, according to this lively, canny business potboiler...[This] colorful narrative climaxes with Netflix and archrival Blockbuster throttling each other in an old-fashioned price war that Netflix wins by a hair. Keating hypes the allegedly world-shaking technological transformations in how we access digital content, but what's far more interesting and dramatic is her smart portrait of how an ever-changing capitalism stays very much the same." -- Publishers Weekly "Keating separates fact from legend in this story of how the tiny upstart, Netflix, took on and ultimately decimated the goliaths of the industry, Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video... It seems that only Apple Computer rivals Netflix in how its customers hold a deep personal attachment to the brand "experience," and fans of the service will get a lot of insight into how much risk, dedication, and commitment it took to bring that experience into being." --DAVID SIEGFRIED, Booklist, "The little red envelope that could . . . and did! This is a classic Silicon Valley start-up tale and Keating gives readers behind-the-scenes access to a story that continues to play out in America's mailboxes, living rooms, and mobile devices every day." -JIM COOK, CFO of Mozilla; Netflix founding team member "A well-crafted, well-researched, and well-sourced page-turner. Keating is no stranger to this subject, having covered Netflix for years as a reporter, and gives readers a fascinating and insightful look into the inner workings of a company that forever changed how America watches movies." -LORI STREIFLER, executive editor, City News Service Inc. "Even if all you know about Netflix is that it has bright red mailers and comes out of your Roku box, Keating's reporting will make you want to sit down and learn more. It's a tale of corporate intrigue, gigantic success, and enormous failure." -ALLAN PARACHINI, adjunct professor, California State University; former Los Angeles Times reporter " Netflixed has all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for me, it was also nostalgic. Gina Keating perfectly captured the pressure, energy, and emoÂtion we all felt as we fought Netflix for control of America's living rooms. I'm often asked by people, 'What happened at Blockbuster?' Now I can tell them . . . just read Netflixed ." -BEN COOPER, EVP, Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media; former head of marketing, Blockbuster Online "…Veteran media journalist Keating's nonfiction debut is a surprisingly swift-paced mix of investigative journalism and thrillerlike suspense. The major players in the game-Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Blockbuster's John Antioco-are both complicated characters, and Keating does a commendable job painting a portrait of these very different business leaders, each with his own unique approach to vying for the same brass ring: domination of the American home-entertainment market …An impressive look at the infinite complexities and cutthroat competition driving the deceptively simple business of 21st-century movie delivery. - Kirkus Reviews "There's a grim reality behind the magical wafting of DVDs to our mailboxes, according to this lively, canny business potboiler…[This] colorful narrative climaxes with Netflix and archrival Blockbuster throttling each other in an old-fashioned price war that Netflix wins by a hair. Keating hypes the allegedly world-shaking technological transformations in how we access digital content, but what's far more interesting and dramatic is her smart portrait of how an ever-changing capitalism stays very much the same." - Publishers Weekly "Keating separates fact from legend in this story of how the tiny upstart, Netflix, took on and ultimately decimated the goliaths of the industry, Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video… It seems that only Apple Computer rivals Netflix in how its customers hold a deep personal attachment to the brand "experience," and fans of the service will get a lot of insight into how much risk, dedication, and commitment it took to bring that experience into being." -DAVID SIEGFRIED, Booklist, "The little red envelope that could . . . and did! This is a classic Silicon Valley start-up tale and Keating gives readers behind-the-scenes access to a story that continues to play out in America's mailboxes, living rooms, and mobile devices every day." --JIM COOK, CFO of Mozilla; Netflix founding team member "A well-crafted, well-researched, and well-sourced page-turner. Keating is no stranger to this subject, having covered Netflix for years as a reporter, and gives readers a fascinating and insightful look into the inner workings of a company that forever changed how America watches movies." --LORI STREIFLER, executive editor, City News Service Inc. "Even if all you know about Netflix is that it has bright red mailers and comes out of your Roku box, Keating's reporting will make you want to sit down and learn more. It's a tale of corporate intrigue, gigantic success, and enormous failure." --ALLAN PARACHINI, adjunct professor, California State University; former Los Angeles Times reporter " Netflixed has all the drama and intrigue of a Hollywood blockbuster, but for me, it was also nostalgic. Gina Keating perfectly captured the pressure, energy, and emotion we all felt as we fought Netflix for control of America's living rooms. I'm often asked by people, 'What happened at Blockbuster?' Now I can tell them . . . just read Netflixed ." --BEN COOPER, EVP, Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media; former head of marketing, Blockbuster Online "...Veteran media journalist Keating's nonfiction debut is a surprisingly swift-paced mix of investigative journalism and thrillerlike suspense. The major players in the game--Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and Blockbuster's John Antioco--are both complicated characters, and Keating does a commendable job painting a portrait of these very different business leaders, each with his own unique approach to vying for the same brass ring: domination of the American home-entertainment market ...An impressive look at the infinite complexities and cutthroat competition driving the deceptively simple business of 21st-century movie delivery. -- Kirkus Reviews "There's a grim reality behind the magical wafting of DVDs to our mailboxes, according to this lively, canny business potboiler...[This] colorful narrative climaxes with Netflix and archrival Blockbuster throttling each other in an old-fashioned price war that Netflix wins by a hair. Keating hypes the allegedly world-shaking technological transformations in how we access digital content, but what's far more interesting and dramatic is her smart portrait of how an ever-changing capitalism stays very much the same." -- Publishers Weekly "Keating separates fact from legend in this story of how the tiny upstart, Netflix, took on and ultimately decimated the goliaths of the industry, Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video... It seems that only Apple Computer rivals Netflix in how its customers hold a deep personal attachment to the brand "experience," and fans of the service will get a lot of insight into how much risk, dedication, and commitment it took to bring that experience into being." --DAVID SIEGFRIED, Booklist
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
384/.84
Synopsis
The history of Netflix is a long struggle for greatness marked by multiple disasters, lucky breaks, personal betrayal, and broken hearts. It has more drama than most of the movies Netflix rents. Netflix has come a long way since 1997, when two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings, decided to start an online DVD store before most people owned a DVD player. Today, Netflix has twenty million subscribers and annual revenues above $3 billion. Yet long-term success - or even survivial - is still far from guaranteed. Journalist Gina Keating recounts the absorbing, fast-paced drama of the company's turbulent rise to the top and its attempt to invent two new kinds of business. First it engaged in a grueling decade-long war against video behemoth Blockbuster, transforming movie rental forever. Then it jumped into an even bigger battle for streaming online video against Google, Hulu, Amazon, and the big cable companies. The quest to become the world's portal for premium video on demand will determine nothing less than the future of entertainment and the Internet. Keating makes this tale as absorbing as it is important. 'The colorful narrative climaxes with Netflix and archrival Blockbuster throttling each other in an old-fashioned price war that Netflix wins by a hair. Keating hypes the allegedly world-shaking technological transformations in how we access digital content, but what's far more interesting and dramatic is her smart portrait of how an ever-changing capitalism stays very much the same.' Publishers Weekly 'The story of Netflix's early years is fascinating, as is the corporate intrigue as the company grew.' Slate, The inside story of Netflix's incredible rise and uncertain future as master of the video universe Netflix has come a long way since 1997, when Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings decided to start an online DVD store before most people owned a DVD player. Yet its long-term success--or even survival--is still far from guaranteed. Journalist Gina Keating recounts the fast-paced drama of the company's turbulent rise to the top and its attempt to invent two new kinds of business. First it engaged in a grueling war against videostore behemoth Blockbuster, transforming movie rental forever. Then it jumped into an even bigger battle for online video streaming against Google, Hulu, Amazon, and the big cable companies. Drawing on extensive interviews and her years covering Netflix as a reporter, Keating makes this tale as absorbing as it is important.
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- e***o (358)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe cookbook I purchased from the seller was in wonderful condition just as described in the sellers listing. The seller shipped it quickly and packaged it wonderfully it arrived in perfect condition with no bent corners or dents. I am very picky about my books and I am very pleased with my purchase. The price was fair. A very kind seller!Five Marys Ranch Raised Cookbook: Homegrown Recipes from Our Family to Yours (#255668962011)
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