This article was published on April 11, 2011

Steve Jobs authorized biography coming in 2012


Steve Jobs authorized biography coming in 2012
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Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social me Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social media and e-commerce. Get in touch with him via Twitter @francistan or Email fr[email protected].

ABC News reports that Apple’s rock star CEO Steve Jobs has finally agreed to participate with renowned biographer, Walter Isaacson,  in a book about his life.

It will be published in 2012 by Simon & Schuster under the title “iSteve: The Book of Jobs,and will be written by Walter Isaacson, the man responsible behind the biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. While many books have been published about Steve’s life this will be the first one with his full cooperation.

According to the report, Isaacson has been working on the long-rumored biography since 2009, a year after Jobs came out in public about his health, and has interviewed Jobs, members of his family, colleagues at Apple and competitors.

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