The Facebook Effect

The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications.^[1]

The Facebook Effect

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Author	David Kirkpatrick
Language	English
Genre	Technology
Published	June 8th 2010
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Pages	384
ISBN	1-439-10211-2

The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.^{[non-primary source needed]}

It describes how Facebook went from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users, and how Mark Zuckerberg stayed focused on growth even when it meant to raise money from investors selling the company equity.^{[non-primary source needed]}