Editorial Review
From out of nowhere, MAKE has rapidly become one of the hottest new magazines to hit the newsstands. Often coined "the bible of the Tech DIY movement" MAKE has coalesced a passionate if rather unorthodox following of geeks, gearheads, tech enthusiasts, hackers, tinkerers and artists united by a common compulsion to reconfigure the technology in their lives; even when it means violating a manufacturer's warranty or two.
Through the brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated magazine, podcasts and makezine.com website, the MAKE team has already won broad acclaim for their clear yet down-to-earth coverage and uncanny instinct for what moves Makers, and their ability to nail the curiosity, vibrance, and passion of the rapidly emerging "tech DIY" movement.
In this special re-release, all 4-Volumes of MAKE's first year are combined in a special 4-Volume Collector's Set.
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Customer Reviews
The best magazine for creative minds! 
2008-03-25
Lots of amazing ideias for hacking and making extraordinary things from everyday house objects. It shows how to make soda rockets, a potato canon using spray cans, robots. The interviews with creative people are also very cool. Each magazine has around 200 pages of content!
excellent source of ideas an inspiration 2007-08-31
I chanced upon an issue of Make magazine at the local "super chain" bookstore. I bought issue 11 and I was hooked. So I went looking for previous issues and I found a great deal on Amazon.com for the 1st year set.
Each issue is well organized and full of hacks of all kinds. I am working on my first beam bot and I look forward to trying my hand at programming an Arduino micro controller by the end of this year. There are so many things from these issues that I want to try out. So little time.
Great book for beginning, intermediate, advanced DIYers. For ideas, inspirations and detailed instructions.
I have since purchased the "Make: The Next year"
Cover to Cover Goodness 2007-08-04
Make Magazine, in conjunction with the website, is a staple read for any electronics enthusiast, modder, or creative genius. Filled with succinct outlines of various projects, in depth reviews, and community involvement, every page will bring a return on the small investment made to secure volumes 1-9.
Good tinkerers mag 
2007-01-20
I ordered Make: The First Year from Amazon and was happy with the price and my order.
Make is for geeks and tinkerers. If you like Popular Science, you'll probably like Make. It goes a step further giving instructions for various projects, like making your own guitar to doing diverse connections and tricks with your iPod or old computer. Some of the info is a little sparse, but all and all it's well presented. There are also various tips and resources which are of great use to those who like to do it themselves. There is also a definite tendency to recommend reuse of junk hardware and trash which appeals to my sense of conservation. It really galls me to see all the great stuff that goes to waste.
For the most part the magazine is well laid out and a pleasure to read. But there are some articles that have some very small type and side panels that are almost unreadable with dark letters on a dark background and vice versa. What were they thinking? That's not cool. Pop Sci tends to do that too, placing text over a photo or graphic that makes it difficult to read. That's why I gave it a 4 rather than a 5. Other than that it's a great magazine and I hope it is successful.
Deceptive description?? 2006-03-08
Mark does a great job.
I love the magazine, great layout, great contents, and this a bargain price - but - one reason I bought this was seeing (Hardcover) in the description.
Sorry - putting four magazines in a slipcase, even a nice sturdy one, does NOT constitute a hardcover.
Great job otherwise, but the description needs to changed.
Make Magazine... Makin' Waves 2006-02-24
From out of nowhere, MAKE has rapidly become one of the hottest new magazines to hit the newsstands. Often coined "the bible of the Tech DIY movement" MAKE has coalesced a passionate if rather unorthodox following of geeks, gearheads, tech enthusiasts, hackers, tinkerers and artists united by a common compulsion to reconfigure the technology in their lives; even when it means violating a manufacturer's warranty or two.
Through the brilliantly written and beautifully illustrated magazine, podcasts and makezine.com website, the MAKE team has already won broad acclaim for their clear yet down-to-earth coverage and uncanny instinct for what moves Makers, and their ability to nail the curiosity, vibrance, and passion of the rapidly emerging "tech DIY" movement.
In this special re-release, all 4-Volumes of MAKE's first year are combined in a special 4-Volume Collector's Set.
