'Steve Jobs' Tops Amazon's List of Best-Selling Print and Kindle Books for 2011

It's not like the fanboys bought it to read it.

:eek: A bit too much idol worship for my tastes.

It's just another required object to buy. If they cracked the spine, I wonder how they would react to this excerpt, I'm surprised it made it in:


Transcript of William Shatner and Steve Jobs conversation:

INT Hotel bar-Santa Clara NIGHT

SJ: Excuse me, are you William Shatner?

WS: (drunk) no autographs!

SJ: I don’t want your autograph.

WS: Then why the ******* are you dressed like Spock, then, hmm?

SJ: It’s a turtleneck.

WS: And you forgot your badge in mommy’s basement?

SJ: Actually I was going to ask you how you deal with... the fanboys.

WS: (screaming) You mean the goddamn TREKKIES?

SJ: Um, yeah.

WS: Well (looks around in an animated fashion), you can’t let them sneak up on you. Make sure you strike first or they’ll ask you about the green chick in episode 32...I mean, yes, of course I did, but that paint really burned...is that what you wanted to know?

SJ: Um, actually, I have a different problem, I make products and people get a little too...attached to them. They can’t seem to put them in perspective.

WS: Well...do they live with their parents till they’re 30?

SJ: Maybe.

WS: It’s complicated, you can’t tell them how much you hate them, you know....it’s like kicking puppies. I mean it’s great fun, but you’ll always feel bad about it later. That’s where the drinking comes in.

SJ: Yeah, I don’t really drink.

<time passes...>

WS: (incredulous) You have the liver of a 25 year old? That’s simply the most wonderful thing I’ve ever heard.

SJ: I almost died.

WS: 4 Jameson 25s please, how about you Wozbo?

SJ: I’m the other one.

WS: Yeah, yeah, hey bartender get my friend a drink, he invented the remote control.

poorly written, factually inaccurate, and repetitive.

otherwise, yeah - fascinating.

It was a fascinating biography. Thumbs up to Isaacson and Jobs.

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have you read many books prior to this?

it's terribly written. the author never finds a voice of his own, he simply presents his data in a very bland and direct manner.

he seemingly did absolutely no fact checking, and didn't bother to intertwine himself in the industry which he was to be writing about. its written from a complete outsiders perspective as if he was just presenting a slideshow. the timeline was strange, he was repetitive and inaccurate and a lot of the information he presented was never expanded on enough that someone who doesn't know the company or the industry would left saying "huh?"

to put it bluntly, it sucked. choosing isaacson was the biggest mistake of Steve's legacy.

As well it should. It was a very informative and well-written book.

“We chose ‘Steve Jobs’ as one of the Top 10 best books of the year, and even though it was published in October, the sales have been phenomenal in both formats.”

How do they 'choose' a Top 10 best seller? :confused:

Does Amazon decide what a best seller is, or is it based on actual sales figures? The quote makes you think otherwise.

It was a fascinating biography. Thumbs up to Isaacson and Jobs.

poorly written, factually inaccurate, and repetitive.

otherwise, yeah - fascinating.



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have you read many books prior to this?

it's terribly written. the author never finds a voice of his own, he simply presents his data in a very bland and direct manner.

he seemingly did absolutely no fact checking, and didn't bother to intertwine himself in the industry which he was to be writing about. its written from a complete outsiders perspective as if he was just presenting a slideshow. the timeline was strange, he was repetitive and inaccurate and a lot of the information he presented was never expanded on enough that someone who doesn't know the company or the industry would left saying "huh?"

to put it bluntly, it sucked. choosing isaacson was the biggest mistake of Steve's legacy.

100% agree with this. Read anything by Neil Strauss and you will agree. This book was a snoozer

100% agree with this. Read anything by Neil Strauss and you will agree. This book was a snoozer

Not to mention that the chapters about the development of the Mac were basically just a poor ripoff of Revolution in the Valley.

Basically Isaacson didn't have the technical knowledge (iPhoto is Apple's competitor to Photoshop? Really?) to go deeply into any interesting technical issues, and he didn't have the intelligence to make any interesting breakthroughs into Steve's personality. The only good parts of the book were the new quotes from Steve himself.

Or 4 stories on the 5th Avenue Store glass or 7 on the Grand Central Terminal store or ...

Criticizing store openings and stories will draw the ire of some moderators, you shouldn't do it. ;)

The man was a god, so this is not surprising

:eek: A bit too much idol worship for my tastes.

A well written book. Very enlightening about Mr. Jobs. Nice to read he was just a guy with the right amount of "*******", timing and luck. I do think the ******* mentality is what made him great though.

What an honor to beat out "bossypants" by Tina Fey.

Who buys these books?

I've got a copy of this on my Kindle.
It was okay, but if you've read Revolution In The Valley by Andy Hertzfeld, you've covered most of this book. Where this book covers the last 10 years or so is the best part, at least for me.