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The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise,Used
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An engrossing microcosm of the internet's Wild West years (Kirkus Reviews), awardwinning journalist David Kushner tells the incredible battle between the founder of Match.com and the con man who swindled him out of the website Sex.com, resulting in an allout war for control for what still powers the internet today: love and sex.In 1994, visionary 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 Kremens 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 Kremens and Cohens decadelong battle for control. In The Players Ball, author and journalist David Kushner provides a front seat to these mustread Wild West years online, when innovators and outlaws battled for power and money.This catandmouse game between a genius and a con man changed the way people connect forever, and is key to understanding the rise and future of the online world.Kushner delivers a fastpaced, raunchy tale of sex, drugs, and dialup. Publishers Weekly
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