![Amazon prime logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/marketing/prime/new_prime_logo_RGB_blue._CB426090081_.png)
Enjoy fast, free delivery, exclusive deals, and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime
Try Prime
and start saving today with fast, free delivery
Amazon Prime includes:
Fast, FREE Delivery is available to Prime members. To join, select "Try Amazon Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery" below the Add to Cart button.
Amazon Prime members enjoy:- Cardmembers earn 5% Back at Amazon.com with a Prime Credit Card.
- Unlimited Free Two-Day Delivery
- Streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows with limited ads on Prime Video.
- A Kindle book to borrow for free each month - with no due dates
- Listen to over 2 million songs and hundreds of playlists
- Unlimited photo storage with anywhere access
Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a monthly membership.
Buy new:
-40% $18.05$18.05
Ships from: Amazon.com Sold by: Amazon.com
Save with Used - Good
$17.08$17.08
Ships from: Amazon Sold by: ZBK Wholesale
Learn more
1.27 mi | ASHBURN 20147
Returnable | Yes |
---|---|
Resolutions | Eligible for refund or replacement |
Return Window | 30 days from delivery |
Refund Timelines | Typically, an advance refund will be issued within 24 hours of a drop-off or pick-up. For returns that require physical verification, refund issuance may take up to 30 days after drop-off or pick up. Where an advance refund is issued, we will re-charge your payment method if we do not receive the correct item in original condition. See details here. |
Late fee | A late fee of 20% of the item price will apply if you complete the drop off or pick up after the ‘Return By Date’. |
Restocking fee | A restocking fee may apply if the item is not returned in original condition and original packaging, or is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to Amazon or seller error. See details here. |
Return instructions
Item must be in original condition and packaging along with tag, accessories, manuals, and inserts. Unlock any electronic device, delete your account and remove all personal information. |
Returnable | Yes |
---|---|
Resolutions | Eligible for refund or replacement |
Return Window | 30 days from delivery |
Refund Timelines | Typically, an advance refund will be issued within 24 hours of a drop-off or pick-up. For returns that require physical verification, refund issuance may take up to 30 days after drop-off or pick up. Where an advance refund is issued, we will re-charge your payment method if we do not receive the correct item in original condition. See details here. |
Late fee | A late fee of 20% of the item price will apply if you complete the drop off or pick up after the ‘Return By Date’. |
Restocking fee | A restocking fee may apply if the item is not returned in original condition and original packaging, or is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to Amazon or seller error. See details here. |
Return instructions
Item must be in original condition and packaging along with tag, accessories, manuals, and inserts. Unlock any electronic device, delete your account and remove all personal information. |
![Kindle app logo image](https://cdn.statically.io/img/m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/kindle/app/kindle-app-logo._CB668847749_.png)
Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.
Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.
Burn Book: A Tech Love Story Hardcover – February 27, 2024
Purchase options and add-ons
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.
“Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley…takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world…Bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking, just like its author, Burn Book sizzles” (Booklist, starred review).
Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. From “the queen of all media” (Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal), this is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world.
When tech titans crowed that they would “move fast and break things,” Kara Swisher was moving faster and breaking news. While covering the explosion of the digital sector in the early 1990s, she developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the facts about this new world order. Her consistent scoops drove one CEO to accuse her of “listening in the heating ducts” and prompted Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg to once observe: “It is a constant joke in the Valley when people write memos for them to say, ‘I hope Kara never sees this.’”
While still in college, Swisher got her start at The Washington Post, where she became one of the few people in journalism interested in covering the nascent Internet. She went on to work for The Wall Street Journal, joining with Walt Mossberg to start the groundbreaking D: All Things Digital conference, as well as pioneering tech news sites.
Swisher has interviewed everyone who matters in tech over three decades, right when they presided over an explosion of world-changing innovation that has both helped and hurt our world. Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Sheryl Sandberg, Bob Iger, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Meg Whitman, Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg are just a few whom Swisher made sweat—figuratively and, in Zuckerberg’s case, literally.
Despite the damage she chronicles, Swisher remains optimistic about tech’s potential to help solve problems and not just create them. She calls upon the industry to make better, more thoughtful choices, even as a new set of powerful AI tools are poised to change the world yet again. At its heart, this book is a love story to, for, and about tech from someone who knows it better than anyone.
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication dateFebruary 27, 2024
- Dimensions6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101982163895
- ISBN-13978-1982163891
![iphone with kindle app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/m.media-amazon.com/images/G/01/kindle/dp/nfcx/PersistentWidget-Ruby-Large._CB485955431_.png)
Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip.
View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look.
Enjoy features only possible in digital – start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more.
Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration.
Frequently bought together
![Burn Book: A Tech Love Story](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81cKLC7sqbL._AC_UL116_SR116,116_.jpg)
Similar items that may deliver to you quickly
- The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and MeaningHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Monday, Jul 29
- Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the PresentHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Monday, Jul 29
- The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial SecurityHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Tuesday, Jul 30
- What This Comedian Said Will Shock YouHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Monday, Jul 29
- Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not TextualismHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Monday, Jul 29
- Smoke and Ashes: Opium's Hidden HistoriesHardcoverFREE Shipping on orders over $35 shipped by AmazonGet it as soon as Monday, Jul 29
Get to know this book
Popular highlight
But what struck me was how easily people could be manipulated by fear and rage and how facts could be destroyed without repercussions.489 Kindle readers highlighted thisPopular highlight
Then and there, I decided that was the best way to go through life—not caring about the consequences of saying or doing what I believed was right.371 Kindle readers highlighted thisPopular highlight
But for tech to fulfill its promise, founders and executives who ran their creations needed to put more safety tools in place. They needed to anticipate consequences more. Or at all. They needed to acknowledge that online rage might extend into the real world in increasingly scary ways.223 Kindle readers highlighted this
From the Publisher
![Burn Book](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media-library-service-media/cac8b3a9-d224-4b90-a17c-9306610edb9f.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png)
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media-library-service-media/ff76a32f-e402-463c-82f7-f7f1e823eefa.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png)
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media-library-service-media/9ef6273e-32c6-46ef-bb73-aaf5192ffa83.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png)
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/S/aplus-media-library-service-media/bed8c45f-edc5-47f8-9c86-7e974d31ff76.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png)
Editorial Reviews
Review
—Real Simple’s “The Brightest: People, Products, and Ideas That Are Changing the Game in 2024”
"Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley and its denizens (almost all of them male because, well, tech world), takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world. . . Bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking, just like its author, Burn Book sizzles."
—BOOKLIST (Starred Review)
“The most recognizable chronicler of the digital revolution.”
—WASHINGTON POST
“Nobody straddles the world of tech and media quitelike Kara Swisher… This book isn’t just a juicy read, it’s also a valuable historical document, giving readers an inside look at the architects of some of the biggest tech moments of the last thirty years.”
—Charlotte Alter, TIME
“An exposé that also seeks to avert technological calamity on the perilous road still ahead.”
—ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Funny, smart, chic-y, and insightful.”
—Katie Couric
“Burn Book shows how understanding these leaders' pasts can illuminate their current motivations and aspirations.”
—AXIOS
“The queen of all media.”
—Walt Mossberg, former WALL STREET JOURNAL columnist
“Swisher has been the most entrepreneurial of reporters, both in the doggedness of her work and the ever-evolving array of venues where it’s manifested itself.”
—FAST COMPANY
“The book is also deeply personal and frankly, very moving.”
—Samantha Bee
“Unlike the mythological Cassandra whose prophecies were ignored, both the ‘children’ and adults will pay heed to [Kara Swisher’s] warnings.”
—THE DAILY BEAST
“As existential questions confront both the tech and media industries... Swisher takes no prisoners, offering readers a behind-the-curtain peek at the industry’s most powerful and ego-obsessed titans.”
—RELIABLE SOURCES
About the Author
Product details
- Publisher : Simon & Schuster (February 27, 2024)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1982163895
- ISBN-13 : 978-1982163891
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7 in Computers & Technology Industry
- #69 in U.S. State & Local History
- #341 in Memoirs (Books)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
![Kara Swisher](https://cdn.statically.io/img/m.media-amazon.com/images/I/01Kv-W2ysOL._SY600_.png)
Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more
Customer reviews
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Learn more how customers reviews work on AmazonCustomers say
Customers find the writing style great and quick with a sense of sarcasm. They also find the content insightful, personal, and undeniable. Readers say the book is filled with great stories and entertaining.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Customers find the book insightful, refreshing, and smart. They also say it's an amazing first-person accounting of tech companies and leaders.
"...I was immediately struck by how gutsy, honest and deeply moral this lady is...." Read more
"...and about all those men boys that shaped the digital age, was very stimulating and interesting, I loved it and the way it was presented...." Read more
"...Often irreverent, the book shares chatty insights as well as gives us all something to think about as technology advances." Read more
"...Very informative and very distressing. Still, a great read and a page turner." Read more
Customers find the writing style great, talented, and intelligent. They also describe the book as an interesting, fast read about tech past, present, and future.
"...She is talented and intelligent and quickly established herself as a leader in the male-dominated world of tech journalism...." Read more
"...The author is straight forward and tells it like it is. We would recommend this book." Read more
"...book Swisher dishes the dirt on technology billionaires with a great writing style...." Read more
"Great experience and great writing from one who I've observed for several decades...." Read more
Customers find the book entertaining, insightful, and relevant. They also appreciate the author's good sense of humor.
"...I really didn’t learn much new, aside from Swisher’s witty and entertaining takes on the people, the parties, the interviews, conversations, and all..." Read more
"...celebrity journalism Kara Swisher’s Burn Book: A Tech Love Story is a fun read...." Read more
"This book was very well written & super interesting! Definitely entertaining and I would recommend to anyone looking for an interesting read!" Read more
"...It’s a highly entertaining read, and as the Index says:“There is no index, people...." Read more
Customers find the stories in the book great, interesting, and loud and clear. They also appreciate the author's insights, courage, and chronicles.
"Kara is a superb and interesting writer. She spins her stories with a flair and candor...." Read more
"Good stories and insight into the tech side of things...." Read more
"Fast read. Quick wit.Filled with great stories made even more interesting by the telling.Is the word ‘grok’ in the dictionary?" Read more
"...Her insights, courage, and chronicles come through loud and clear here. Bravo!!" Read more
Reviews with images
![An Insight Into The Top Tech Leaders Think](https://cdn.statically.io/img/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/transparent-pixel._V192234675_.gif)
-
Top reviews
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
This book is no exception and exposes much of the deep truths of the tech industry we’ve probably been vaguely aware of, but lacked specific insight into. ‘Why isn’t the tech industry regulated?’ and ‘How did it get to this?’ are questions that occur after reading. There’s deep insights into the forces and personalities that made Silicon Valley and a humanity in the telling that never loses sight of the moral imperative. The excerpts about Steve Jobs possibly made me like him a little more (favourite, cliched trope of iconoclasm though he is).
I really enjoyed this book and look forward to devouring anything more by this lady, including her excellent podcasts ‘Pivot’ and ‘On’.
Top reviews from other countries
![](https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png)
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png)
The flaws , greed and successes are described in a personal love letter to all things techie.
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png)
Later note: It really needs a glossary. I'm half way through the book, and I finally figured out that VC stands for venture capital and not Viet Cong. (well, I knew it wasn't the latter, but that was all that came into my head).
And another later note: On p.219, the year 2021 is given instead of 2019. Given that this section is all about the Jan 6th insurrection, it's weird that an editor wouldn't have caught this prior to publication.
And yet another later note: The book REALLY needs an index. A couple of times just in the last few weeks I ran across names (Marc Andreesen and Nicole Shanahan) in either other publications or the news, and thought it would be nice to cross-reference Swisher's thoughts with others.
![](https://images-fe.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/dfabdd37-590a-42af-bafe-61355aa010af._CR0,0,500,500_SX48_.jpg)
![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/amazon-avatars-global/default._CR0,0,1024,1024_SX48_.png)
For those of us in tech, some of us a front row seat, and even those of us not, Burn Book provides such a wonderfully detailed trip down memory lane, telling the stories often left untold. What this book does is remind us all that despite fame, fortune, brains and bruised egos, we are all fallible, we all have struggles, and yet we can all change the world in our own unique way.
Thank you Kara, for changing it in yours.