Four weeks ago Steve Jobs told the author of his upcoming biography, Walter Isaacson, that he knew he would not live long,according to the Wall Street Journal:
According to a person familiar with the matter, Isaacson last interviewed Jobs four weeks ago, right before, and right after he stepped down from his post as the CEO of Apple.
Jobs indicated at that time that he knew he was going to die soon. The scene will appear at the end of the book.
The authorized biography isscheduled to be released Nov. 21by Simon & Schuster. Based on pre-orders, it is Amazon'sbest-selling bookat the moment.
The cover photo for the book about Jobs is the same one being used onApple's homepagetoday to mark his passing.
(8 piles of paper replaced by iPads)
Kara Swisher of All Things Dwrote in Augustof the book cover: "It is actually an old and well known, if striking, photo of Jobs, which has been much used by Apple over the years."
That the photo is being used on both the book cover and Apple's homepage might be a coincidence, but to even entertain that possibility you'd have to believe Jobs was a man who didn't bother himself with details.
(Update: The book's release date has beenmoved up a month. No surprise.)
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