The upcoming and long-awaited Steve Jobs biography will be out Oct. 24, several weeks ahead of its original November release date. The publisher, Simon & Schuster, wants to capitalize off the buzz surrounding Jobs’ death yesterday.The book, Steve Jobs, had already attracted a great deal of attention, and reached No. 1 Amazon’s best-sellers list and No. 3 on Barnes and Noble’s. It’s written by former Time managing editor Walter Isaacson and was authorized by Jobs — a notable victory for Isaacson, who’s also written biographies of Albert Einstein and Ben Franklin.
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