▁carried ▁on ▁developing ▁the ▁manuscript ▁with ▁Gl us man , ▁who ▁had ▁since ▁moved ▁to ▁Harm ony ▁Books , ▁an ▁im print ▁of ▁Random ▁House . ▁ ▁Can ' t ▁Bu y ▁Me ▁Love ▁took ▁sevent een ▁years ▁to ▁complete , ▁from ▁G ould ▁signing ▁his ▁book ▁deal ▁with ▁F arr ar , ▁Stra us ▁and ▁Gir oux , ▁to ▁its ▁publication ▁by ▁Harm ony ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁The ▁book ▁ran ▁to ▁ 6 6 1 ▁pages , ▁with ▁illustr ations ▁and ▁rare ▁photograph s ▁of ▁the ▁band . ▁ ▁Public ation ▁and ▁reception ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁some ▁ 5 0 0 ▁books ▁had ▁been ▁written ▁about ▁the ▁Beat les . ▁Following ▁Bob ▁Sp itz ' s ▁The ▁Beat les : ▁The ▁Biography ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Can ' t ▁Bu y ▁Me ▁Love ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁major ▁Beat les ▁bi ograph ies ▁published ▁after ▁the ▁band ' s ▁Anth ology ▁multimedia ▁project , ▁which ▁had ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁an ▁author ized ▁book ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁Where as ▁Sp itz ▁sought ▁to ▁present ▁a ▁fresh ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁Beat les ' ▁story ▁and ▁re - evalu ate ▁aspects ▁of ▁their ▁career , ▁G ould ' s ▁work ▁combined ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁the ▁band ▁with ▁both ▁a ▁music ological ▁assess ment ▁of ▁their ▁work ▁and ▁a ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁impact ▁they ▁had ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s .