Steve Jobs Writing an Autobiography?

[RichardI]

He should wait until his career is over don't you think? And, he's a loooong way from that.

Rich 😎

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

That's what everybody hopes anyway.

I can see how this would be an interesting read though.

 

[Dreamail]

it seems unlikely for someone who likes to guard their privacy.

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.

 

[jaw04005]

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.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

Jobs has always been a very private person.

Which is why a book detailing his life would be such a big seller.

 

[wx4svr]

I'd read it. And I hardly ever read books these days!

Yep... same here. I never read, but I WILL read this one!

 

[IJ Reilly]

Never happen. Do you really believe the one of the most private people on this Earth will write a bio?

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.

The book is said to be written in Objective-C

More likely Subjective-C, but the point is taken. 😉

 

[twoodcc]

well, i would like to think if this is true, i think it would sell pretty well. i would buy the book for sure.

 

[EmperorDarius]

Would be interesting, I'd read it.

 

[50548]

I would buy it in a second...and I haven't touched a book in years (I haven't even read my textbooks from uni since I got them!)

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.

 

[leandromp]

Which is why a book detailing his life would be such a big seller.

I totally agree with you.
If is true, this book is gonna be a best seller. I hope it comes in spanish too Lol

 

[tracedlight]

they're called Memoirs, and they're often by people who are about to die

Never happen. Do you really believe the one of the most private people on this Earth will write a bio?

definitely. im going to die, i need closure, here is my past, goodbye world. it's all very human.

 

[AnDi86]

I think this would be awesome!

 

[toolbox]

I would by this too, i think it would be a good read

 

[Chundles]

My Autobiography - By Steve Jobs.


"I was right, you're all wrong."

steven p. jobs

Fin.

 

[IJ Reilly]

My Autobiography - By Steve Jobs.


"I was right, you're all wrong."

steven p. jobs

Fin.

What, no closing credits?

"Everything by Me."

 

[Chundles]

What, no closing credits?

"Everything by Me."

I didn't want it to appear self-aggrandising...

 

[Sijmen]

So whatever happened to “… the fact is that people don't read anymore”?

 

[IJ Reilly]

I didn't want it to appear self-aggrandising...

Not you, him -- you silly Australian person!

 

[rdowns]

If he wrote a bio, he would have to call it Frigtard. 😀

 

[BenRoethig]

My Autobiography - By Steve Jobs.


"I was right, you're all wrong."

steven p. jobs

Fin.

I think you captured the essence of Steve there.

 

[jimeverson]

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.

 

[EricNau]

Never happen. Do you really believe the one of the most private people on this Earth will write a bio?

I agree for the most part, but I think S. Jobs might also be arrogant enough to consider such an endeavor. 😀

 

[X-Dog]

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.

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.

 

[iParis]

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.