Jobs biography soars up sales lists

An authorised biography of Steve Jobs was high on pre-order best-seller lists within hours of Apple’s announcement of his death.

And publisher Simon & Schuster announced today that the release date has been brought forward from November 21 to October 24.

As of early on Thursday morning, Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs was No 1 on Amazon.com and No 3 on Barnes & Noble.com.

Isaacson’s book includes extensive interviews with the Apple co-founder, who rarely discussed his private life. Isaacson has written best-selling biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin.

Jobs died yesterday aged 56 after a long battle with cancer.