I am writing this from the actual bookstore, actually from the Starbucks section of the place, where I am enjoying a serious caffeine buzz from my third grande bold coffee!I can't help but notice the signs all over the store announcing the release of the Steve Jobs biography. This particular store here will be opening an hour and a half earlier than usual [tomorrow] to handle the influx of rabidly slavering book buyers! I don't think I have heard of such hype since the last Harry Potter book, or maybe a new Stephenie Meyer release.
I, for one, am extremely interested in reading this Jobs book, but I don't think I want to pay full price for it. Nor wait in a queue to get it. I think I will wait until I find it at some sort of reduced-rate sale. I read Isaacson's book about Einstein and conclude that he is a fabulous biographer.
As an avid Mac-user and overall Apple devotee I am saddened by the untimely death of Steve Jobs. It is so sobering, as I am nearly as old as he was… it just does not seem right at all that someone so involved with life should have been taken from it.
I will definitely be reading this new book, the question is only a matter of when.
How about you, dear reader friend? Does the new Steve Jobs biography interest you at all? Will you be in a lineup somewhere tomorrow, nabbing it?
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Nope, I shan't be in a queue for the book, but I could see myself picking it up as a 'mark-down' book in a few months. An amazing individual that certainly had a large impact on his generation. Enjoy your coffee! Cheers! Chris
ReplyDeleteIntrigued by Mr. Jobs.....who wouldn't be. HOWEVER, I foresee purchasing this book through an Amazon seller under the "used - like new" category. Viva the breve latte- magic in a paper cup!
ReplyDeleteNo. I go go more for the real heroes. The humanists.
ReplyDeleteChristopher, D.B. and Anonymous Steve Jobs Hater:
ReplyDeleteI'm at the store again now, drinking coffee once again [go figure] and have just observed this book for the first time. It looks like a real beaut!
HEFTY!
lkHefty? Size matters?
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a biography reader but if I were to read one I'd be more inclined to read the Jobs bio.
ReplyDeleteOh and Anonymous, don't you know that size always matters to a man?!!
C.
Dear "C" -- I agree with you, size does matter!
ReplyDeleteHamburgers.
Steaks.
Pitchers of Moosehead.
The bigger the better!