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Makers is a novel by Canadian-British science fiction author Cory Doctorow released in October 2009 .. Cory Doctorow. Cory Doctorow. It was nominated for the Prometheus Award .. Prometheus Award. Prometheus Award. The book focuses on a near-future imagining of members of the maker culture , a group Doctorow characterizes as being composed of `` people who hack hardware , business-models , and living arrangements to discover ways of staying alive and happy even when the economy is falling down the toilet '' .. maker culture. maker culture. The novel is available free on the author 's website , as a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA download .. Creative Commons. Creative Commons. It is also published in traditional paper form by HarperVoyager .. HarperVoyager. HarperVoyager. The UK hardcover is 416 pages long .