Publication date of a new Jobs biography is being moved up a month , to October 24 . The book , ` ` Steve Jobs , '' rocketed from 437 to No . 1 on Amazon 's bestseller list . The new biographical material is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs . Isaacson , a former chairman of CNN and the managing editor of Time magazine , which shares a parent company with CNN , has written biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Kissinger . Jobs ' death on Wednesday explains the increased interest .
Publication date of a new Jobs biography is being moved up a month , to October 24 . The book , ` ` Steve Jobs , '' rocketed from 437 to No . 1 on Amazon 's bestseller list . The new biographical material is based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs . Jobs ' death on Wednesday explains the increased interest .