Windmill Windup

By Matt Christopher

Book Overview

When Pierre Omidyar launched a clunky website from a spare bedroom over Labor Day weekend of 1995, he wanted to see if he could use the Internet to create a perfect market. He never guessed his old-computer-parts and Beanie Baby exchange would revolutionize the world of commerce.Now, Adam Cohen, the only journalist ever to get full access to the company, tells the remarkable story of eBay's rise. He describes how eBay built the most passionate community ever to form in cyberspace and forged a business that triumphed over larger, better-funded rivals. And he explores the ever-widening array of enlistees in the eBay revolution, from a stay-at-home mom who had to rent a warehouse for her thriving business selling bubble-wrap on eBay to the young MBA who started eBay Motors (which within months of its launch was on track to sell $1 billion in cars a year), to collectors nervously bidding thousands of dollars on antique clothing-irons.Adam Cohen's fascinating look inside eBay is essential reading for anyone trying to figure out what's next. If you want to truly understand the Internet economy, The Perfect Store is indispensable.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316145319
• ISBN13: 9780316145312
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Windmill windup

Windmill Windup By Matt Christopher Windmill Windup is about a 13, year old girl named Kelly Conroy who is crazy about softball. Her and her friends, where all on the Devil Rays last summer. The Devil Rays came in second place in her league. She plays first base and is their cleanup batter. But something summer is a disaster her mom is dating a guy she can't stand and she gets on the wrong team. See what happens and how she deals with it. I liked how she got through it by her friends supporting her even when she was grumpy and selfish. I thought that it was confusing when she was really nice then got really mean in the next sentence. I would recommend this books too girls who play softball from the age of 12-14.