The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon and Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 and its social implications.

The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best business book of the year as determined by the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs. It aims to find the book that has ‘the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues.’ The...

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The book has been or will soon be published in the following foreign markets: Australia, Brazil, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Spain (both in Spanish and Catalan), Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

External References

• Harkin, James, "Review: The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick", The Observer, Sunday 18 July 2010
• Arrington, Michael, "Review: Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect Is A Wonderfully Biased History Of Facebook", Techcrunch, Jun 24, 2010
• "The Facebook Effect" preview at Google Books