I'll wait for it to come out, read what the reviews have to say about it, and, depending on that, will probably buy it, or borrow it from a library over the next few months.
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Will You Be Purchasing the Steve Jobs Biography?
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Two reasons; so it's downloaded automatically as soon as it's released, and in case the price changes (IIRC it was $19.95 for preorder a couple weeks ago in the iBooks Store, then suddenly dropped to $9.95).
If it was an autobiography, I'd probably buy it.
However, biographies (even authorised ones) lose the personal touch that make autobiographies a much more satisfying read IMO
However, biographies (even authorised ones) lose the personal touch that make autobiographies a much more satisfying read IMO
Given Job's propensity for micromanaging do you really think it lacks his personal touch. I wouldn't be surprised that Jobs was editing the manuscript right down to the grammar and punctuation.
Well, the foreword says that that didn't happen - and the book is certainly not skipping over the negative points of his character.
I'm 12 chapters in. I can't really say that I like Isaacson's writing style - but it is interesting.
No offense but that seems kind of sad. Books allow my brain to work, expand my knowledge, allow me to escape into worlds that someone created, etc. I find reading has more benefits then other non-exercize activities, like watching tv and what not.
It's still not the same (for example, as a biography, it's written in the third person rather than the first). I know that most autobiographies are written by ghost writers but the use of the first person in an autobiography makes it feel as if the subject is talking to you about their life rather than reading someone else's interpretation of the subject's feeling.
For example, I found this extract from the biography
I know it's just an isolated extract, but it's just recounting facts that I already knew (or suspected). I'd like to have read Jobs' own feeling and what drove him, in his own words
I'm hoping my Amazon pre-order physical copy arrives this week (went with free shipping)! Some of the quotes I've read already certain sound like it will be a good read. I'm trying to maintain mostly spoiler free though. I want to be surprised as I'm reading.
Have read the iBooks sample. Will probably buy the full iBook soon.
Trying to stay away from physical books, makes life much easier having them all in one place!
Trying to stay away from physical books, makes life much easier having them all in one place!
I want to buy the eBook version (I tend to actually read them, physical books end up sitting in a pile somewhere and end up unread).
Given the Hardback is currently CHEAPER than the eBook (thanks to the joys of 'Agency Model' price-fixing), I'm going to hold off buying the eBook until the price is fixed at a more reasonable level
Given the Hardback is currently CHEAPER than the eBook (thanks to the joys of 'Agency Model' price-fixing), I'm going to hold off buying the eBook until the price is fixed at a more reasonable level
IMO, the first statement stands in sharp juxtaposition to the second statement.
Last night, I bought the Nook version and got three chapters in. Today, I had a six hour drive, so I bought the audiobook. I found myself smiling at times, and thoughtful at times today, and the trip went by rather too quickly as a result. I can't wait for my plane trip tomorrow, so I can delve in more. I'm rather fascinated by the mans very complex nature. In many respects, he was the ordinary man, who contributed extraordinarily to this world, and yet made many of the mistakes many of us have, and much worse in others.