However, they thought it was "too cutesy" and as a result Isaacson persuaded the publisher to change the title to something "simpler and more elegant." Although author Walter Isaacson was "never quite sure about it", his wife and daughter reportedly were. The book's working title, iSteve: The Book of Jobs, was chosen by publisher Simon & Schuster's publicity department. The placeholder cover used for the book uses the working title, iSteve: The Book of Jobs. It wasn't like there was a conceptualization here-this was completely off the cuff, spontaneity that we never thought would become an iconic image. We did do a few more shots later on, and he even did a few yoga poses-he lifted his leg and put it over his shoulder-and I just thought we were two guys hanging out, chatting away, and enjoying the relationship. Jobs " down" in the lotus position holding the computer in his lap when Seeff took the photograph. In a Behind the Cover article published by TIME magazine, Seeff recalls him and Jobs "just sitting" on his living room floor, talking about "creativity and everyday stuff," when Jobs left the room and returned with a Macintosh 128K (the original Macintosh computer). The back cover uses another photographic portrait of Jobs taken in his living room in Woodside, California in February 1984 by Norman Seeff. Watson reportedly instructed Jobs to make "95 percent, almost 100 percent of eye contact with the camera," and to "think about the next project you have on the table," in addition to thinking about instances when people have challenged him.
Jobs gave Watson an hour-longer than he had given most photographers for a portrait session. Ī film adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, with Michael Fassbender starring in the title role, was released on October 9, 2015. The book was released on October 24, 2011, by Simon & Schuster in the United States, 19 days after Jobs's death. ĭescribing his writing, Issacson commented that he had striven to take a balanced view of his subject that did not sugarcoat Jobs's flaws. Although Jobs cooperated with the book, he asked for no control over its content other than the book's cover, and waived the right to read it before it was published. Jobs is said to have encouraged the people interviewed to speak honestly. īased on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years-in addition to interviews with more than one hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues-Isaacson was given "unprecedented" access to Jobs's life.
The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN and TIME who has written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of American business magnate and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. E-book, Print ( Hardback and Paperback), and Audiobook
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