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42,000 Percent: Jump In Steve Jobs' Biography Sales Upon His Death

We have spotted multiple statistics around Apple under Steve Jobs - we spotted this today:

"The untimely death of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday at age 56 has given a boost to sales of the upcoming authorized biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

The book is No. 1 on Amazon’s “Movers & Shakers” list, as sales have increased by 42,000 percent since Apple announced Jobs’ death. The book moved from No. 424 to No. 1 on Amazon’s overall sales rankings and also is at No. 4 at Barnes & Noble. "

Statistics Source: HollywoodReporter

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