Hello all,
Maybe this book has been mentioned on GFY before, but I just got finished reading "Spam Kings" from Brian McWilliams.... and I must say that it was one interesting read!
I know spammers are a hated group around here, but this book was a pretty in-depth look at the lives of many big spammers dating back to around 1998 to late 2004, and the grass roots movement primarily organized through newsgroups to try to stop them. I couldn't help but see some of the parallels to these guys business practices and many of the practices you see in adult. I then got thinking that a book similar to this one dealing with the rise and fall of some online adult empires would be a great read as well.
Here's the amazon link if anybody's interested:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846