The Fairy Tale of Groupon Now for Sale

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Yesterday, Time Out's Frank Sennett published a biography of Groupon. It's called "Groupon's Biggest Deal Ever" and to date is probably the first and most comprehensive telling of the Groupon saga. According to Crain's, the book chronicles Groupon's budding interweb presence, rise, setbacks and near-buyouts and near-fails. Frank most unbiasedly lets each major player in the organization tell their own story without interruption. The book is now available on Amazon (not-so ironically) for $15 used or $17 new ($6.50 more than Groupon's current stock price). None of the book reviews yet mention the Groupon Cat. [Racked Wire]