Steve Jobs' Biography Breaks Record of Sales in U.S.
![Copies of the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson are displayed at a bookstore in New York October 24, 2011.](https://d.medicaldaily.com/en/full/221946/copies-new-biography-apple-ceo-steve-jobs-walter-isaacson-are-displayed-bookstore-new-york.jpg?w=600&f=fadba4c5d994fca8ea60cb970b92113c)
The biography of Apple Inc.'s co-founder Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, broke a record of sales after being released weeks after the death of the iconic tech executive.
The book sold 379,000 copies in the United States during its first week on sale -- the biggest weekly amount in this country since the debut of George W. Bush’s “Decision Points” and Jeff Kinney’s “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth,” according to a report in The Bookseller.
The electronic version of the book immediately topped e-book charts upon its release. In charts of the Kindle Store and Amazon it remains at the top.
The book sells for $17.88 and for $16.99 on its electronic version.
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