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003    OCoLC 
005    20190416110604.0 
008    180720t20192019nyu           000 0 eng   
010      2018032968 
020    9781501122149|q(hardcover) 
020    1501122142|q(hardcover) 
020    9781501122156|q(trade paperback) 
020    1501122150|q(trade paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1039323546 
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049    CKEA 
050 00 HD9696.8.U62|bK87 2019 
082 00 384.30973|223 
100 1  Kushner, David,|d1968-|eauthor. 
245 14 The players ball :|ba genius, a con man, and the secret 
       history of the Internet's rise /|cDavid Kushner. 
250    First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2019. 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    256 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0   The world wide west -- The genius -- The con man -- 
       Matched -- Screwed -- The erotic technological impulse -- 
       The art of war -- Rancho -- The dogpatch -- The crazy aunt
       in the attic -- The players ball -- Come and get it -- Sex,
       drugs, and Camarones -- Happy birthday -- The Samurai -- 
       Across the border. 
520    "In 1994, ... entrepreneur Gary Kremen used a $2,500 loan 
       to create the first online dating service, Match.com. Only
       5 percent of Americans were using the Internet at the time,
       and even fewer were looking online for love. He quickly 
       bought the Sex.com domain too, betting the combination of 
       love and sex would help propel the Internet into the 
       mainstream. Imagine Kremen's surprise when he learned that
       someone named Stephen Michael Cohen had stolen the rights 
       to Sex.com and was already making millions that Kremen 
       would never see. Thus follows the wild true story of 
       Kremen's and Cohen's decade-long battle for control"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Internet industry|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Internet domain names. 
650  0 Dating services|zUnited States. 
650  0 Online dating|zUnited States. 
650  0 Swindlers and swindling|zUnited States. 
650  7 Dating services.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01199880 
650  7 Internet domain names.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977236 
650  7 Internet industry.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977265 
650  7 Online dating.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01045952 
650  7 Swindlers and swindling.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01140414 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 History.|2fast 
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