Teens prefer books on tech giants to fiction
RANCHI: Teenagers, it seems, are more interested in reading about rivalries between tech giants and software companies rather than science fiction and superheroes.
This inference could be drawn from a book fair at Delhi Public School in Ranchi where a book on the rivalry between Google and Apple, ‘’How Apple And Google Went To War’’ by Fred Vogelstein, outsold all others.
All the students attending this fair were less than 16 years old, and no other book grabbed their attention more than this one on the clash of the two global giants, said school principal Ram Singh.
“It was one of the most-liked books in the fair. Children these days want to read more about IT, computers and entrepreneurship. Fiction has taken a back seat,” Singh said.
Although the school did not disclose the number of books sold, they said this book was among the largest selling ones at the fair.
The book by Vo gelstein highlights the rise of iPhones, smart phones and tablets that has changed the world of communications. It throws light on how the feud between Apple and Google was reshaping global technology and use of the internet.
THE URGE TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS AND DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE OWNERS OF MULTINATIONALS, DREW STUDENTS TO BOOKS
The book takes the reader inside offices and board rooms of the two companies and reveals the unheard stories about poaching of employees by the companies and the competition between the two giants.
What made the book such a hit among teenagers? The urge to become entrepreneurs and draw inspiration from the owners of multinationals such as Apple and Google, students said.
“Everybody wants to own an iPhone and nobody from our generation passes a day without using Google. The title of the book is enough to make us buy it,” said Harshwardhan Sinha, a class 8 student.
The students, elated at the appointment of Sundar Pichai, an Indian, as the CEO of Google, aim high and aspire to own tech companies that prove world leaders.
“Many of my friends prefer reading about vampires and wizards, but not me. I aspire to own an international software company. Couldn’t stop myself from getting my hands on this book,” said Prithvi Kumar, a class 7 student.