Amazon has begun early delivery of Walter Isaacson’s much anticipated Steve Job’ biography to Kindle users.
As the screenshot below from @davidj, editor of Tmonews, shows, users of the Amazon reading device are getting their pre-ordered copies of the book before the official release date tomorrow, October 24.
Updated below.
While here is confirmation that the title is a new addition to the catalogue.
Despite the early deliveries, the Amazon store is still listing the book’s release date as October 24.
Preorders for the biography jumped 4,180% after the former Apple CEO passed away earlier this month, and the news that Kindle owners are getting their hands on the copy early is a true sign of Amazon considerable influence and power in the distribution industry today.
In delivering a book that is so eagerly awaited by industry observers and general Apple and gadget fans that little bit early, Amazon may have just provided another reason to own its Kindle device and might get a few new fans of its own as a result.
The Isaacson-authored biography is the first in a likely long line of major Steve Jobs media releases that is likely to include a film, after Sony purchased the rights, while an authorised biography is tipped too be released in 2012.
Update: the biography is now available in on Apple’s iBooks too.
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I doubt after reading a book about Steve Jobs and Apple, through one of the Kindle Apps, someone will want to go out and buy a Kindle, just because they got the book a couple of hours earlier. Besides my Copy through iBooks was early, so both were actually early. As u can see in the screenshot here @ http://goo.gl/jwPu1 Granted it was only 19 Minutes and 12 Seconds, but that still counts as October 23, and thats early in my Book, and in all eBook Stores.
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omg stop this Jobs crap.
Preordered the Kindle version. Have to save it for later though because of final exams.
Trying to decide how I want to buy it reading the iBook sample rt now
I went to bed early and got up at 1am. It was waiting for me in my Kindle. Started reading it.
Yup! Should be coming in the mail any day now :)
No fucking way.
The irony
nope, I wanna wait for the noise to go down and read it later
sure...