Imprint: Random House Business
Published: 11/02/2021
ISBN: 9781847942548
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 200mm x 23mm x 130mm
Weight: 250g
RRP: £9.99
WINNER OF THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
'Deeply researched and highly entertaining.' The Times
'Lively and revealing.' Economist
'Clear-eyed and objective.' New York Times
The inside story of the how Instagram took over the world.
Drawing on interviews with all the key figures at Instagram, No Filter vividly recreates the rise of the most successful photo app in history: from its origins in a Silicon Valley coffee shop, to its unprecedented billion-dollar acquisition by Facebook, to its founders' dramatic clashes with their new boss, Mark Zuckerberg. Along the way, it explores how Instagram has changed society - encouraging businesses to prioritise their aesthetic above all else, forging a new economy of digital entrepreneurs, and rewiring how a generation thinks about celebrity and success.
The result is the definitive story of how a simple platform revolutionised tech, business, and popular culture. Instagram has remade us all in its image. This book reveals how.
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One of the best books of the year according to:
The Times
Fortune
Financial Times
Inc.
Economist
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'Brilliant . . . Vivid reporting and electric story-telling.' Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk
'Deeply sourced . . . A compelling tale of app jealousy.' Financial Times
'Frier captures the power Instagram came to wield in society even among those who didn't use it.' Washington Post
Imprint: Random House Business
Published: 11/02/2021
ISBN: 9781847942548
Length: 352 Pages
Dimensions: 200mm x 23mm x 130mm
Weight: 250g
RRP: £9.99
Deeply researched and highly entertaining . . . packed with anecdotes and insider accounts . . . it eloquently describes how the app changed millions of lives, generating a new industry of "Instagram influencers".
A brilliant exploration of the highs and lows of human nature . . . Vivid reporting and electric story-telling.
Frier landed interviews with Instagram's founders, executives, and competitors to chronicle the company's meteoric growth.
A deeply-reported and beautifully written account of a company that has changed society, fame, culture, business, and communication.
Riveting and wonderfully reported . . . Will ignite a conversation about the often unconscious role we play in increasing Instagram's formidable, maybe even terrifying, reach.
Deeply sourced . . . A compelling tale of jealousy.
How Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade . . . Unprecedented exclusive access.
A deep-dive into the social media platform we all love.
No Filter manages to be clear-eyed and objective, without sensationalizing or oversimplifying . . . We need a book like this . . . I spend hours staring at the screen, and now I have a better sense of who's staring back.
Fascinating . . . Instagram's social impact makes it more than just another story of Silicon Valley business success.