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For the Win, Cory Doctrow's new novel about economics and gaming blackmarket

70 points by rick_2047 16y ago

marcocampos 16y ago
This is a guy that always gets my money no matter what book he puts out. Treating your readers decently and going against Big Corp(TM) in terms of DRM and customers freedom has something to do with it.
DannoHung 16y ago
How do I pay him? I don't want a physical copy of it.
- kolektiv 16y ago
  He suggests in the foreword that you donate copies to schools - you can do so at http://craphound.com/ftw/donate/ http://craphound.com/ftw/donate/. I think that's a great idea. More info is available in the actual text as to why and how.
  - rufo 16y ago
    Cory Doctorow's Whuffie just went up several points in my mind after reading that.
  - DannoHung 16y ago
    Ah, didn't have the list of teachers available yet when I originally posted.
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zacharypinter 16y ago
Clever title... I thought the headline was complimenting his new novel, but it's merely referring to it by name.
- rick_2047 16y ago
  don't compliment me, the title is a general purpose headline element. You can make many catchy headlines like For the Win, FTW. Online Black Markets, FTW or a plain old Cory Doctorow FTW.
rick_2047 16y ago
I tried to race the release of FTW with my reading of Makers. I don't remember why I stopped reading it. (Maybe the part of the debacle of New works movement was too much for me) but I failed. I am still in the middle of Maker and now also in the middle of a dilemma should I read Makers, ftw or my Math text book for the finals??
- brg 16y ago
  I'm looking forward to reading this, but I had a similar experience reading Makers. The second and third acts felt too contrived, and I really struggled to finish it. The said, the first third is wonderful, and the short story Print Crime is worth looking for.
- barry-cotter 16y ago
  Read the Math textbook or ftw. Makers is by a large margin the worst thing I've read by Cory Doctorow. Distraction by Bruce Sterling covered a great many of the same the same themes first and better.
ElliotH 16y ago
Cory Doctorow's Craphound podcast has a reading from the book (not this weeks episode I don't think - but fairly recent - should still be in the feed). It's really worth listening to especially if you don't have time to read the book itself in the immediate future.
bobmoretti 16y ago
If you're in Seattle, Cory Doctorow is reading from the book at the Sunset Tavern this Friday the 14th: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/23/3921514-save-the-date-verse-chapter-verse-on-friday-may-14th http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/23/3921514...

70 points by rick_2047 16y ago

This is a guy that always gets my money no matter what book he puts out. Treating your readers decently and going against Big Corp(TM) in terms of DRM and customers freedom has something to do with it.

DannoHung 16y ago

How do I pay him? I don't want a physical copy of it.

kolektiv 16y ago
He suggests in the foreword that you donate copies to schools - you can do so at http://craphound.com/ftw/donate/ http://craphound.com/ftw/donate/. I think that's a great idea. More info is available in the actual text as to why and how.
- rufo 16y ago
  Cory Doctorow's Whuffie just went up several points in my mind after reading that.
- DannoHung 16y ago
  Ah, didn't have the list of teachers available yet when I originally posted.
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zacharypinter 16y ago

Clever title... I thought the headline was complimenting his new novel, but it's merely referring to it by name.

rick_2047 16y ago
don't compliment me, the title is a general purpose headline element. You can make many catchy headlines like For the Win, FTW. Online Black Markets, FTW or a plain old Cory Doctorow FTW.

rick_2047 16y ago

I tried to race the release of FTW with my reading of Makers. I don't remember why I stopped reading it. (Maybe the part of the debacle of New works movement was too much for me) but I failed. I am still in the middle of Maker and now also in the middle of a dilemma should I read Makers, ftw or my Math text book for the finals??

brg 16y ago
I'm looking forward to reading this, but I had a similar experience reading Makers. The second and third acts felt too contrived, and I really struggled to finish it. The said, the first third is wonderful, and the short story Print Crime is worth looking for.
barry-cotter 16y ago
Read the Math textbook or ftw. Makers is by a large margin the worst thing I've read by Cory Doctorow. Distraction by Bruce Sterling covered a great many of the same the same themes first and better.

ElliotH 16y ago

Cory Doctorow's Craphound podcast has a reading from the book (not this weeks episode I don't think - but fairly recent - should still be in the feed). It's really worth listening to especially if you don't have time to read the book itself in the immediate future.

bobmoretti 16y ago

If you're in Seattle, Cory Doctorow is reading from the book at the Sunset Tavern this Friday the 14th: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/23/3921514-save-the-date-verse-chapter-verse-on-friday-may-14th http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/04/23/3921514...