Steve Jobs biography Amazon's top seller for 2011
Tuesday, 13.12.2011, 19:00
A biography of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was Amazon's best-selling book this year despite hitting store shelves and electronic readers only in late October, AFP reports, citing Amazon Monday.
"Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson, which went on sale on October 24, less than three weeks after Job's death, topped the list of Amazon top-selling books for 2011, print and Kindle editions combined, the Seattle-based company said.
"Even though it was published in October, the sales have been phenomenal in both formats," said Chris Schluep, Amazon's senior editor of books.
Next on the list was "Bossypants" by comedian Tina Fey and "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard, a California girl who was kidnapped as a child and held for nearly two decades.
Number four on the top 10 list was "The Mill River Recluse," a self-published Kindle novel by Darcie Chan.
"In the Garden of the Beasts" by Erik Larson was next, followed by "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin, "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain and "The Litigators" by John Grisham.
Another self-published Kindle book, "The Abbey" by Chris Culver, was number nine on the list while "Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle)" by Christopher Paolini rounded out the top 10.
Amazon did not release exact sales figures for the titles.
"Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson, which went on sale on October 24, less than three weeks after Job's death, topped the list of Amazon top-selling books for 2011, print and Kindle editions combined, the Seattle-based company said.
"Even though it was published in October, the sales have been phenomenal in both formats," said Chris Schluep, Amazon's senior editor of books.
Next on the list was "Bossypants" by comedian Tina Fey and "A Stolen Life" by Jaycee Dugard, a California girl who was kidnapped as a child and held for nearly two decades.
Number four on the top 10 list was "The Mill River Recluse," a self-published Kindle novel by Darcie Chan.
"In the Garden of the Beasts" by Erik Larson was next, followed by "A Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin, "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain and "The Litigators" by John Grisham.
Another self-published Kindle book, "The Abbey" by Chris Culver, was number nine on the list while "Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle)" by Christopher Paolini rounded out the top 10.
Amazon did not release exact sales figures for the titles.
Views: 527 Comments: 0
Print

Add a comment
- China, Japan, US to witness 'ring' solar eclipse [168]
- Russia launches three astronauts for ISS [137]
- World Bank agrees $2bln loan for Indonesia [136]
- Total eyes more projects in booming Australia [134]
- Belgium tagged competition with Kazakhstan for EXPO-2017 friendly[93]
- Financial police to investigate into bribe allegations over Kashagan[86]
Feature stories
Can a lollipop wrapped in a Bible verse help people come to Jesus? Can a piece of chocolate bring a moment of bliss? Or how about just a bit of comfort after a bad day?
0
Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water.
0
A romantic comedy that opens at Indian cinemas this week tackles taboos about sperm donation and infertility, in the latest Bollywood film to experiment with traditionally off-limits content.
0
Iraq is no stranger to battles, but this is not one fought with rifles and rockets: when the bell sounds, trainers release cocks Daqduqa and Sammam into the ring.
0
First study the colour, then the nose, the structure and taste: as for any good wine, tasting chocolate is both a treat and a serious art, requiring regular practice to fine-tune the senses.
0
Rolling from his surfboard, blood gushing from the wound where a shark had just ripped a big chunk of flesh from his thigh, Australian Glen Folkard had just one thought: "I'm alive."
0
The crumbling oval skeleton of the House of the Bulgarian Communist Party perches like a deserted flying saucer atop Mount Buzludzha in central Bulgaria, visible from miles around.
0
Read also
-
Financial police to investigate into bribe allegations over Kashagan
-
KazMunaiGas and LUKOIL to sign cooperation agreements
-
Putin accepted Nazarbayev's invitation to visit Kazakhstan
-
Nazarbayev personally congratulated Putin on inauguration
-
Bishkek gamblers spend $200 thousand a day at Kapshagai
-
Belgium tagged competition with Kazakhstan for EXPO-2017 friendly
-
Kyrgyzstan will pay gas debts to Kazakhstan by end of spring
-
Over 160 thousand Kazakhstan citizens to take part in People's IPO
-
Nazarbayev complimented clean villages and remarkable roads in Belarus


Facebook
ВКонтакте






