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Summary Fans in Asia queue up to get the first copies of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' biography.
Many across Asia queued up at book stores on Monday when the authorized biography of Apples co-founder Steve Jobs went on sale globally.Biographer Walter Isaacsons Steve Jobs, reveals that Jobs refused potentially life-saving cancer surgery for nine months, was bullied in school, tried various quirky diets as a teenager, and exhibited early strange behaviour such as staring at others without blinking.More than one hundred people braved the rain in Shanghai on Monday, lining up outside a bookstore for the launch of the authorized biography.The biography was originally planned for release on November 21, but pushed up to October 24 in the wake of the Apple co-founders death on October 5, according to a spokesman for publishing house Simon & Schuster.At Shanghai City of Books, one of the biggest bookstores in the area, employees unveiled the book to a crowd that was already queuing up at the cashier, getting ready to be the first to get their hands on the biography. Those who bought the book, said they were looking for a more human portrayal of Jobs.In Taipei, dozens gathered at the Eslite book store to buy Jobs official biography. Book stores across the island opened from 7:00 am so that people could buy the book before going to work. Customers showed up in Jobs signature black t-shirt and posted memorial messages for him onto a giant cardboard wall displayed in front of the store.Over 100,000 books were presold online in Taiwan ahead of official launch, making the biography the years most popular book so far, according to the publisher in Taiwan. The excitement surrounding the launch of Jobs biography also reached Manila, Philippines.At one of the largest book stores in the Philippine capital, Jobs hard-bound biography was prominently displayed in front of the shop.The authorized biography Steve Jobs, written by Isaacson, the former managing editor of Time magazine and current chief executive of the Aspen Institute, is currently the No. 1 best-seller on Amazons customer purchase list.Jobs, the charismatic co-founder and former chief executive of Apple Inc died on October 5 in Palo Alto, California at the age of 56. He is considered to be among the greatest American chief executives of his generation.
