Happened to me, but found a solution. I downloaded another book to see if the servers were down, and then all of a sudden, the biography downloaded. Try and download a free book, it should jump start your purchase to download.
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Steve Jobs Biography Now Available in U.S. On iBooks
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Happened to me, but found a solution. I downloaded another book to see if the servers were down, and then all of a sudden, the biography downloaded. Try and download a free book, it should jump start your purchase to download.
I wish people would stop watching that poorly made docudrama and go to the source instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFL9IyJ_qHk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRmaIzGTOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Bg461mnN8
I can't put it down. I have a feeling I'm going to plow right through this book. Have it on iBooks, so I can read it anywhere!
A touching quote about his kids. It's tough to balance a super busy work life with an active home life. I'd be interested in hearing a little about his personal life to go along with his impressive public and work life.
my iPad says 1.700 pages
It all depends on what text size you have set, what device you are viewing it on (iPad or iPhone), and what orientation vertical or horizontal. There's no hard page count with digital books because a "page" is virtual and subject to size and density variations.
Yeah right.
If it was $9.99 on Kindle and $16.99 on iBooks, how would the "market" deal with that?
It's no coincidence that the book is priced the exact same across devices.
I think that is the opposite of "the market".
Of course if you are happy paying dead tree + prices, by all means, go ahead.
I won't.
I can't wait to get my hands on my book!! It should be arriving today or tomorrow. I am tempted to get the iBook version too..
SJ was a visionary.
Tim Cook is just a corporate monkey... let me see Tim Cook innovate something.
Tim Cook is just a corporate monkey... let me see Tim Cook innovate something.
I preordered mine in June from Amazon on Kindle for 14.99. Now its 16.99 but I got it for lower because of the price guarantee. i think the market did determine the price hike when the popularity of the book went up because of Jobs death.
jobs book download error
I had the same issue. Called Apple. told me to delete and download again. Tried it 3 times. Still get blank pages and squished words. Cant read it. I can't believe Jobs books can't be read on Ipad2. Jobs would be livid.
I had the same issue. Called Apple. told me to delete and download again. Tried it 3 times. Still get blank pages and squished words. Cant read it. I can't believe Jobs books can't be read on Ipad2. Jobs would be livid.
For those who pre-ordered but the book didn't download
I had the same issue. Pre-ordered (and got the email telling me so) but when I opened up iBooks it wasn't there.
I realized I had ordered under my original Apple ID and was currently logged into my new one (which was set up when I went to iCloud).
Went to Settings-Store and logged out and then logged back in under my old i.d. then re-opened iBooks and it downloaded.
Hope this helps others.
I had the same issue. Pre-ordered (and got the email telling me so) but when I opened up iBooks it wasn't there.
I realized I had ordered under my original Apple ID and was currently logged into my new one (which was set up when I went to iCloud).
Went to Settings-Store and logged out and then logged back in under my old i.d. then re-opened iBooks and it downloaded.
Hope this helps others.
Because apple as not released one - simple as that. When (or if) think its time, they will.
What version are people more interested in buying?
I just started a poll in another thread to see which version people are buying. I'm curious to see whether more people go with the hardcover or a digital version.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1262449/
I just started a poll in another thread to see which version people are buying. I'm curious to see whether more people go with the hardcover or a digital version.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1262449/
Stumped
I just downloaded the book on my iPad. It shows up on my iPhone, but isn't downloading. The download bar is there but it isnt doing anything. I have deleted and reinstalled iBooks, restarted the phone, and the same thing happens. I tried the suggestion of downloading another sample which worked fine, but Steve jobs still won't download. Any suggestions?
I just downloaded the book on my iPad. It shows up on my iPhone, but isn't downloading. The download bar is there but it isnt doing anything. I have deleted and reinstalled iBooks, restarted the phone, and the same thing happens. I tried the suggestion of downloading another sample which worked fine, but Steve jobs still won't download. Any suggestions?
Not sure you have the same problem but I fixed mine by updating the ibooks app.
I was having similar issues and couldnt figure out what was wrong as I'd already tried reinstalling, rebooting and everything else I could think of. Was a bit pissed about the fact that the book wont work properly on an iPad made by freaking apple itself. All I could think of was there was something wrong with the iBooks app itself. Maybe there's a bug. Was praying that it gets updated soon but also realized it might be a while coz it'll have to wait for an iOS update before apple can add a fix for this in the iBooks app. That got me even more pissed that why would apple bundle the iBooks app with the iOS.
Thats when I realized I'm an idiot
. iBooks is NOT a stock app. You need to update it manually. Having the latest OS doesnt mean you have the latest version of app. Mine was v1.2.1 while the latest version available is 1.3.2. It worked fine once the app was updated. Hopefully you're as dumb as me too and dont have the latest iBooks update. Coz otherwise you'll need to figure out some other solution.Highly ironic that Steve Jobs' biography should be reported with such poor choices in diction and grammar...
It's either Steve Jobs' biography or the biography of Steve Jobs. As for "had been rolling out"...well...
Arn you make enough money to hire a proper editor.
Highly ironic that Steve Jobs' biography should be reported with such poor choices in diction and grammar...
It's either Steve Jobs' biography or the biography of Steve Jobs. As for "had been rolling out"...well...
Arn you make enough money to hire a proper editor.
Get over yourself. Seriously.