At the time of writing this post, pre-orders for “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, due out on Oct. 24, was up 38,700 percent. The book had an initial release date of Nov. 21, but publisher Simon & Schuster decided to release the biography a month earlier. Another upcoming book about Jobs, “I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words” by George Beahm, was up 32,536 percent. “I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words” is a collection of Jobs’ quotes said throughout his career. A previously published biography by Carmine Gallo titled “The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough Success” has also seen an increase of 4,297 percent in orders.
Jobs passed away on Oct. 5, 2011. The exact reason of death has not been released, but the Apple visionary had been suffering from a rare form of pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant in 2004. He resigned from his post as Apple CEO on Aug. 25, 2011.
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