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Simply entitled "Steve Jobs," the biography moved to the top of Amazon's list of best sellers in 2011 this week, as first noted by MacRumors. In the short time it has been available for purchase, the book has outsold "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo, "StrengthsFinder 2.0" by Tom Rath, "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, and "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand.
At Amazon, the book is available in ahardcover edition, as well as digitally on the Kindle platform. The book can also be purchased through Apple's iBookstore.
The nonfiction title's tremendous success was expected, as on its first day of sales, an Amazon representative said Isaacson's take on Jobs was already on pace to become the top selling book of 2011. Amazon is the largest online retailer and bookseller in the world.
Total sales are not known, but "Steve Jobs" sold a total of 379,000 copies in its first week in America alone. The title went on sale in late October, just weeks after Jobs passed away after a long bout with cancer.
Before the biography even went on sale to the public, Sony acquired the movie rights to Walter Isaacson's authorized take on the life of Jobs. One rumor has claimed that actors George Clooney and Noah Wyle are in contention to play the role of Jobs, while Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has said he is "strongly considering" writing the movie.
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"In Apple we trust"
(note : this post is borrowed from another forumer, I unfortunately was unable to retrieve it. I would be pleased to credit him)
I can't wait for other companies to release biographies about their founder(s). Samsung will simultaneously release a 7", 8.9", and 10" copy of it.
"In Apple we trust"
(note : this post is borrowed from another forumer, I unfortunately was unable to retrieve it. I would be pleased to credit him)
MMTM1983, IronTed, and ZO have all used that phrase. ZO being the oldest recorded usage.
I can't wait for other companies to release biographies about their founder(s). Samsung will simultaneously release a 7", 8.9", and 10" copy of it.
I can't wait for the RiM multi-CEOs (because that's apparently just as detailed as saying dual ) to release two books. Or maybe they could be in one book but you have to flip the book to the back and turn it upside down to read the other CEOs story. Or perhaps they could make it a choose your own adventure that when you get to any dumb business decision they took you have a chance of reading a different What If story instead. At least this way you get a happy ending out of it.
MMTM1983, IronTed, and ZO have all used that phrase. ZO being the oldest recorded usage.
Thanks for crediting. I must say I was deeply moved when reading this book. I had already red several other books on the subject (and also seen "Pirates of the Silicon Valley" & "Triumph of the Nerds"), but those did not cover the entire Steve's life, as this book does.