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I was really excited when I received an advanced author’s copy of The Domain Game, How People Get Rich From Internet Domains on Tuesday evening last week. The book is by author and Wall Street Journal reporter David Kesmodel. I was done reading it by Wednesday. Obviously, The Domain Game was a book I couldn’t easily put down. I’m not a fast reader. I wouldn’t even really consider myself a book reader. I guess I read childrens books like my mom’s Where Do Angels Sleep to my toddler all the time, but I can’t recall the last actual business book I read. I skimmed The Search. I skimmed Built From Scratch. I did not skim The Domain Game.
I will most likely have to read it a couple more times to let it all sink in. Keep reading for the details on the book, the author and my review of the book as a “must read”. About a year ago I “met” David Kesmodel over the phone. He had been given my name as a potential source for a story on expired domains. Worried that I’d misspeak or that he would paint a picture that was unflattering, I turned down his request for an interview. When he called me back last year to talk about a book he was writing about the domain space, The Domain Game, I was leery but at the same time excited about the possibilities. There really hasn’t been a book published about the current domain space before now. Sure, John and Sean wrote good ebooks about flipping domains and starting out and Marc Ostrofsky published Get Rich Click. There were even a few books published in the late 90s about domain names, that I have skimmed at Barnes and Noble with a chuckle and a grin. On the domain name history time-line, you might call the late 90s the “dawn of domains”. Obviously, a lot has changed since 1997. The business of domain name monetization and pay per click ads have changed the “domain game” dramatically. David Kesmodel wrote a few pieces on the domain space as a WSJ reporter and became intrigued by the players. He credits a discussion that he had with Michael Berkens for picking his interest in the space. Kesmodel quit his job with the Wall Street Journal and dedicated over a year of his life to writing what I’d say is now “the book” on the domain name business. His book deal was axed by the publisher in 2007, months before it was to be published, but he further proved his dedication to getting The Domain Game out by self-publishing with xlibris.com. The book was very thorough and well researched.
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I was really excited when I received an advanced author’s copy of The Domain Game, How People Get Rich From Internet Domains on Tuesday evening last week. The book is by author and Wall Street Journal reporter David Kesmodel. I was done reading it by Wednesday. Obviously, The Domain Game was a book I couldn’t easily put down. I’m not a fast reader. I wouldn’t even really consider myself a book reader. I guess I read childrens books like my mom’s Where Do Angels Sleep to my toddler all the time, but I can’t recall the last actual business book I read. I skimmed The Search. I skimmed Built From Scratch. I did not skim The Domain Game.
I will most likely have to read it a couple more times to let it all sink in. Keep reading for the details on the book, the author and my review of the book as a “must read”. About a year ago I “met” David Kesmodel over the phone. He had been given my name as a potential source for a story on expired domains. Worried that I’d misspeak or that he would paint a picture that was unflattering, I turned down his request for an interview. When he called me back last year to talk about a book he was writing about the domain space, The Domain Game, I was leery but at the same time excited about the possibilities. There really hasn’t been a book published about the current domain space before now. Sure, John and Sean wrote good ebooks about flipping domains and starting out and Marc Ostrofsky published Get Rich Click. There were even a few books published in the late 90s about domain names, that I have skimmed at Barnes and Noble with a chuckle and a grin. On the domain name history time-line, you might call the late 90s the “dawn of domains”. Obviously, a lot has changed since 1997. The business of domain name monetization and pay per click ads have changed the “domain game” dramatically. David Kesmodel wrote a few pieces on the domain space as a WSJ reporter and became intrigued by the players. He credits a discussion that he had with Michael Berkens for picking his interest in the space. Kesmodel quit his job with the Wall Street Journal and dedicated over a year of his life to writing what I’d say is now “the book” on the domain name business. His book deal was axed by the publisher in 2007, months before it was to be published, but he further proved his dedication to getting The Domain Game out by self-publishing with xlibris.com. The book was very thorough and well researched.
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