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Farmville maker raking in the cash

We were in Borders today chatting with one of the staffers. Somehow the conversation veered to Facebook, when mentioned an amazing statistic about the service. He told us the company that makes the (addicting or annoying, depending on your point of view) games Farmville and Mafia Wars on Facebook is on track to make $450 million this year, selling non-existent livestock and guns.

Sure enough, Business Week has the scoop on this three-year-old company named Zynga. Now where can I find a book on the Facebook API?