It may not be easy to convince people to buy the iPad as an e-book reader, but it might get easier when people find out there’s an official authorized biography of Steve Jobs in the iBook Store. Normally Steve Jobs won’t allow such things. A few years ago Steve tried to prevent iCon from publishing a writing about him but failed. The result was Steve removing all books from Wiley & Sons from the Apple Store.
It now seems Steve has agreed with a biography. Walter Isaacson from Time Magazine is going to write the authorized biography. The biography will deal with the entire life of Steve Jobs. It starts with his youth and goes all the way to the two careers he had at Apple.
Apple and the author are not willing to confirm the biography about Jobs, but it seems likely. Isaacson has made biographies about Einstein and Benjamin Franklin and also published books at Simon & Schluster. The last named publisher is also one of the publishers to cooperate on the iBook Store. It can still take a while before the book is available, the books seems to be in an early stage of development.
Source: New York Times
