Steve Jobs: A Biography, Slated to Hit Bookshelves on November

The release of “Steve Jobs: A Biography”, the official biography of Apple’s co-founder and CEO – Steve Jobs, will be hitting the shelves earlier than expected.

According to sources, the said publication is now set to be released on November 21, 2011. The first goal of its publisher, Simon & Schuster, was to launch the biography in March of 2012, but decided to hand out the books earlier since “the book is now ready.”

Originally titled as “iSteve: The Book of Jobs”, Steve’s biography was written by Walter Isaacson — the former CEO of CNN and Time’s former managing editor. The book includes most of Steve’s interviews. It also highlights the CEO’s vision of connecting creativity with technology, and some personal facts too. Knowing that Jobs has been too secretive about his personal life, he has then decided to reveal his past in order to provide lessons. “I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that,” Steve said. “But I don’t have any skeletons in my closet that can’t be allowed out.”

Steve Jobs: A Biography can be grabbed from Barnes & Noble (e-book) for $14.99, and its hard copy for $20.40.

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Its screen gives 50% greater contrast, has built-in Wi-Fi connection, can carry over 1,000 book titles and has automatic access to Barnes & Noble’s online bookstore.

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Barnes & Noble Bounces Back, Thanks Nook for Sales Shoot-up

The huge book retailer released its own e-reading device, the Nook, while on the verge of losing its sales to e-Books and to Kindle and the like. Barnes & Noble concentrated their efforts to increase online traffic affecting online revenue. The company did not get disappointed. They are experiencing sales shoot-up as the device itself reduced cost, from $259 to $199 or $149 for its Wi-Fi only version.

Apps for Android and Apple also came in tow after they have increased their profit on the line. When the e-reader got handy for consumers, e-book sales started accelerating by the week. Nook owners have increased their spending with Barnes & Noble by 17%. Those owners who have never shopped for a digital book on the bookseller’s website roughly goes up to 25%.

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