He should wait until his career is over don't you think? And, he's a loooong way from that.
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Steve Jobs Writing an Autobiography?
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True. Unless it is to be published posthumous.
I can imagine that even someone like Steve Jobs, who extremely guards his privacy, would agree to share it all - after his death.
At that point it is no longer about privacy but about preserving your legacy. Setting certain facts straight.
Your privacy doesn't really need to be guarded once you're dead. At least in business matters that don't touch your family.
If the rumor is true then he certainly is considering the fact that he might not live long enough to do it at a later date, e.g. during his retirment.
Hope it's not true.
I highly doubt this is true. Jobs has always been a very private person. If you look back, he rarely mentions his family and doesn't come off as someone who would like to revisit history.
Not to mention, his personal crusade against "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" and "iCon."
With Second Coming, he tried to get Deutschman's publisher to kill the book. The publisher ended up leaking the story to the New York Times.
With iCon, he also tried to get it killed and ended up removing all of Wiley's books from the Apple Store.
Additionally, Wozniak wrote a book, "iWoz", that Jobs was supposed to write the foreword to. Woz said after Jobs received a preview copy of the book, he refused to write the foreword.
The one exception I can remember was his graduation speech to Stanford a few years ago. If you haven't seen it (it's available on iTunes), I highly recommend it.
With that said, I would buy his book in a heartbeat.
Not to mention, his personal crusade against "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs" and "iCon."
With Second Coming, he tried to get Deutschman's publisher to kill the book. The publisher ended up leaking the story to the New York Times.
With iCon, he also tried to get it killed and ended up removing all of Wiley's books from the Apple Store.
Additionally, Wozniak wrote a book, "iWoz", that Jobs was supposed to write the foreword to. Woz said after Jobs received a preview copy of the book, he refused to write the foreword.
The one exception I can remember was his graduation speech to Stanford a few years ago. If you haven't seen it (it's available on iTunes), I highly recommend it.
With that said, I would buy his book in a heartbeat.
That was my first thought, but the secret to memoirs is that the subject gets to tell the story from their own point of view, to include what they want to include, leave out what they don't want anyone to know. They get to settle old scores, if they feel the need. So I'm not completely convinced that he wouldn't write an autobiography.
More likely Subjective-C, but the point is taken.
well, i would like to think if this is true, i think it would sell pretty well. i would buy the book for sure.
You should probably talk to the Kindle fanboys in this forum, then...
But I am sure this rumor is nonsense, UNLESS SJ is really in bad shape and not returning to the fold anymore.
I totally agree with you.
If is true, this book is gonna be a best seller. I hope it comes in spanish too Lol
they're called Memoirs, and they're often by people who are about to die
definitely. im going to die, i need closure, here is my past, goodbye world. it's all very human.
definitely. im going to die, i need closure, here is my past, goodbye world. it's all very human.
Will never happen
I seriously doubt he is doing this. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING the man has to say he says through the products he releases. If you can't read Steve Jobs from those products, then you aren't paying attention.
I seriously doubt he is doing this. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING the man has to say he says through the products he releases. If you can't read Steve Jobs from those products, then you aren't paying attention.
I agree for the most part, but I think S. Jobs might also be arrogant enough to consider such an endeavor.
Sort of like what Joe Torre did.
I could see Jobs writing a autobiography in order to "set the record straight" or something like that.
I'm most likely going to pre-order this!
Maybe this will help unveil some secrets as to how he was able to save Apple.
Maybe this will help unveil some secrets as to how he was able to save Apple.