Steve Jobs authorized biography due next year

Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a surprise appearance 
at the iPad 2 unveiling last month in 
San Francisco.  (Credit: James Martin)

 

CNET - Steve Jobs has reportedly been participating on a biography about his life to be published next year.

Apple's chief executive has been working with Simon & Schuster biographer Walter Isaacson on "iSteve: The Book of Jobs," which is expected to be published in early 2012, according to an Associated Press report. Isaacson has been working on the book since 2009 and has interviewed Jobs, family members, and colleagues for the book, according to the report.

A Simon & Schuster spokesperson said no further details were available, and Apple representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (Simon & Schuster is a unit of CBS Corp., whose CBS Interactive unit is the publisher of CNET.)      Read More