New e-book recounts Steve Jobs e-mails to Apple customers
Long known for engaging in personal correspondence with customers, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and his concise e-mails are the subject of a new e-book.
"Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple's Steve Jobs" is the first book by author Mark Milian, who covers consumer technology for CNN. He was previously a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. The title is available for $2.99 on the Amazon Kindle platform.
For the 67-page book, Milian reviewed more than 100 e-mails allegedly sent by Jobs, including some never-before-published notes that were shared exclusively for the new title. It also features interviews with some of the customers and fans that Jobs communicated with.
"Over the years, people discovered the e-mail address of Jobs and took to regularly sending him messages," the official synopsis reads. "That he often responded was as unusual as his leadership style and his processes for crafting hit products."
Among the conversations included are exchanges between Jobs and Brian Lam, former editor of Gizmodo. While the two had a friendly relationship at first, with Jobs even providing his thoughts on an early redesign of the website, the relationship quickly turned sour when the publication obtained a prototype of the iPhone 4 before it was announced.
The book even features details from an e-mail Jobs sent that was provided to AppleInsider in March of 2010. Jobs provided one customer details on what retail locations would sell the first-generation iPad at launch.
When he was in charge of Apple, Jobs's e-mails were an occasional source of news from the typically secretive company. For example, one note sent by Jobs a year ago revealed that "hardly anyone" was buying Apple's Xserve line of rackmounted servers, which prompted the company to discontinue the hardware.
Though Jobs died in October after a long bout with cancer, his tradition of responding to e-mails has been carried on thus far by Chief Executive Tim Cook. The book includes a few exchanges Cook has had with customers since he took over Apple in August.
Customers also paid tribute to Jobs after his death by sending e-mails to a special account Apple set up, [email protected]. Personal stories and messages that were sent can be viewed at Apple's official tribute site, apple.com/stevejobs.
"Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of Apple's Steve Jobs" is the first book by author Mark Milian, who covers consumer technology for CNN. He was previously a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. The title is available for $2.99 on the Amazon Kindle platform.
For the 67-page book, Milian reviewed more than 100 e-mails allegedly sent by Jobs, including some never-before-published notes that were shared exclusively for the new title. It also features interviews with some of the customers and fans that Jobs communicated with.
"Over the years, people discovered the e-mail address of Jobs and took to regularly sending him messages," the official synopsis reads. "That he often responded was as unusual as his leadership style and his processes for crafting hit products."
Among the conversations included are exchanges between Jobs and Brian Lam, former editor of Gizmodo. While the two had a friendly relationship at first, with Jobs even providing his thoughts on an early redesign of the website, the relationship quickly turned sour when the publication obtained a prototype of the iPhone 4 before it was announced.
The book even features details from an e-mail Jobs sent that was provided to AppleInsider in March of 2010. Jobs provided one customer details on what retail locations would sell the first-generation iPad at launch.
When he was in charge of Apple, Jobs's e-mails were an occasional source of news from the typically secretive company. For example, one note sent by Jobs a year ago revealed that "hardly anyone" was buying Apple's Xserve line of rackmounted servers, which prompted the company to discontinue the hardware.
Though Jobs died in October after a long bout with cancer, his tradition of responding to e-mails has been carried on thus far by Chief Executive Tim Cook. The book includes a few exchanges Cook has had with customers since he took over Apple in August.
Customers also paid tribute to Jobs after his death by sending e-mails to a special account Apple set up, [email protected]. Personal stories and messages that were sent can be viewed at Apple's official tribute site, apple.com/stevejobs.
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100 emails? The book could be upwards of 150 words long!
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Kindle.
Kindle books work great on iPad and iPhone. I’m reading one now!
I do prefer iBooks (better UI) but Kindle is close. (And there’s no reason this book has to stay Kindle exclusive, even if that’s where it launches first.)
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Zagg shields cause a semi matt look. I have a zagg shield on my iPhone 4 and iPad. I don't have a glare problem.
One little tidbit that stands out: "allegedly sent by Jobs". There's really no proof the emails weren't sent by some assistant.
He himself has said that he answers e-mails. I'd imagine that at least three quarters of those included in the book would be directly from him.
He answered my emails twice, but I never shared them.
Go on, share!
He answered my emails twice, but I never shared them.
That presents an insanely great opportunity to self-publish on Amazon! You could become a Milian-aire!
Chapter 1
Steve Replies To My Complaint Of No Headless Mac
Steve: "Nope."
He himself has said that he answers e-mails. I'd imagine that at least three quarters of those included in the book would be directly from him.
Even then at 25% that's a lot of responses he might not have written. Wonder which ones.
I was so enraged around the time that the iPad 2 was released and I sent him a polite email complaining about Chinese scalpers who were infesting Apple stores. That was the only email that I ever sent him. I never did get any reply from that mail. I wasn't expecting one either.
OK you post about the complaint email you sent to SJ that he was smart enough to ignore. 'If it makes you feel better telling everybody how Steve ignored your email great but other than you who cares?
OK you post about the complaint email you sent to SJ that he was smart enough to ignore. 'If it makes you feel better telling everybody how Steve ignored your email great but other than you who cares?
I post primarily for my own satisfaction, as most people do.
I come across many posts every day that I don't care about, that's the nature of the internet. Unlike you, I'm not going to bother to waste my time and make a post about a post that I don't care about, to tell that poster that I don't care about their post. I'd be a pretty busy person if I did that with every post that I came across that I don't care about.
So in conclusion, besides you, who cares about your post that is complaining about my post?
I always thought that SJ or Apple actually gave out his email address, it wasn't like some state secret or anything. Anyway, this book is what I call "steveploitation" -- during his lifetime he would probably have sued this author and said "over my dead body" and that is exactly what is happening.
Bad taste and Greed know no boundaries.
Kindle.
Apple may have said, "No thanks" to this exploitation piece.
He didn't answer, and he didn't admit I was right.
Way to go, Apple!
: )
Of course, that was way before FaceTime.
I post primarily for my own satisfaction, as most people do.
I come across many posts every day that I don't care about, that's the nature of the internet. Unlike you, I'm not going to bother to waste my time and make a post about a post that I don't care about, to tell that poster that I don't care about their post. I'd be a pretty busy person if I did that with every post that I came across that I don't care about.
So in conclusion, besides you, who cares about your post that is complaining about my post?
I don't care about your post. It was a waste of time reading it