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Three Ways to Read the Steve Jobs Biography

I've got it on my iPad and I bought the hard copy too.

I don't really know why I bought the hard copy too, I guess I just wanted it.

The book even looks like an Apple product.
 
I am loving reading this biography on my iPad via iBooks.....somehow it just seems "right," you know? I will be buying a hardcover copy of the book, too, but for right now I am enthralled with it on my iPad. It's a remarkable book, compelling and compulsively readable, a remarkable biography of a remarkable man, one which will be read and discussed for a long, long time.
 
If it's a slow news day tomorrow, maybe we can get a Mac blog post on the different ways to buy a Mac, Apple retail store, Apple online store, authorized reseller, used on Craigslist.
 
I'd sooner buy it on Kindle. After spending hours of a day looking at a backlit LED screen I'd rather relax my eyes with a comfy dose of e-ink (or whatever they call it).

Or better still have Victoria read it to me.
 
Buying it on Kindle makes more sense - in that picture you could have shown (if he owned)

Hard Copy
Kindle
iPad with Kindle App
iPhone with Kindle App
iMac with Kindle App


Far more impressive :)
 
1 other way they forgot to mention. audible.com:D
I bought it from Audible this morning nothing like having some read you a story.
 
frunkis54 said:
1 other way they forgot to mention. audible.com:D
I bought it from Audible this morning nothing like having some read you a story.
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If they had cut in Jobs' actual voice for all the quotes used - I might have considered it. But that not being an option - I'd much rather read it myself
 
rdowns said:
If it's a slow news day tomorrow, maybe we can get a Mac blog post on the different ways to buy a Mac, Apple retail store, Apple online store, authorized reseller, used on Craigslist.
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This is the only comment I have ever "up voted". Well done!
 
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Uh, what about the audiobook? I bought the hardcover for my wife and the audio version for me. I can't sit still long enough to read that long of a book in a timely manner.
 
Awful and pointless photo.

At a glance, it looks like the Jobs book, an iPad, and an iPhone in a TRASH CAN!!!
 
I think this is one of those books I would rather have a hardback copy of.

I usually download the Kindle version for convenience sake, but I'll be reading this at home in comfort, at my own pace :)
 
Did the same thing -- went to B&N to buy it in hardcover (because I have a pretty good collection of hardcover books), and then bought the Kindle edition... which is now on my Kindle, my iPad, and my iPhone.

Too bad the book won't sync with the others. :)
 
Apparently people are expecting this book to be quite popular, one trader is trying to sell it for £1,223.28 on Amazon UK

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1408703742/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used

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"A MacRumors reader who read about three ways to read Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography, sent in this image of three different ways to read what could be MacRumors' most dull post of the year.":):D
 

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Ha! mrboult wins.
 
This has to be one of the most pointless articles I have seen on MR's. I should send in a photo of all the ways one can access MacRumors.
 
I yearn for the day in which you buy one format and can get the book in all three.
 
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I'd rather carve my eyes out with a fork than read it on an iPad, just look at that glare!

Paper or Kindle/e-paper device, only way to read comfortably.
 
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