Cult of iPod

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Cult of iPod
by Leander Kahney
from No Starch Press

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Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• If you belong to the Cult
  I am relatively new to the Apple Cult. I got my first iPod about 4 months ago and now I feel like I can't live without it. This book covers the details that I would have known if I had been a fan-boy from the start. Interesting reading. I'll check out Cult of Mac next.

• An eye-opening look at how the iPod itself has changed the nature of music.
  Fans of the CULT OF MAC book will find equally absorbing Leander Kahney's new look at how the iPod is revolutionizing all kinds of information. A history of the iPod's development and marketing is accompanied by colorful cultural insights and examples of iPod's vast changes to music culture and file sharing. Any interested in making, marketing or listening to music must consider THE CULT OF IPOD: it's an eye-opening look at how the iPod itself has changed the nature of music.
  Diane C. Donovan more info

• A fascinating look at the Apple's current signature product
  This book takes a unique look at Apple's signature product and how it has changed the way people listen to music. The book is divided into two sections.
  The first section consists of the first three chapters. The iPod is introduced, and its basic functions and history explained. The rest of the book is the second part. It covers a large number of iPod topics at random. Material covered includes homemade iPod ads, the custom iPods of some celebrities, iPod DJs, and products that have been invented as a... more info

• Suitable scrapbook of print bites & eye-candy
  As a new user (I know, years behind the curve) of an I-Pod and an instructor at a technical university, this book interested me doubly. I wanted to learn about the making of this product, its design and marketing, and how the aura of cool was generated triumphantly around this, say, and not the Rio. I referred my students to this book as an example of how to analyze the cultural impacts of a specific technological product. The table of contents mimics the readout on the I-Pod screen, and the contents... more info

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