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????如果書店搶先一步獲得一本新書的內容，作者與出版商再完美的出版計劃往往也會落空。 ????由沃爾特?艾薩克森執筆的《史蒂夫?喬布斯傳》（Steve Jobs）原定于10月24日全球同步發售。本書可謂近幾年最熱門的個人傳記，起碼受到部分圈子的期待。但令艾薩克森、西蒙與舒斯特（Simon & Schuster）以及其他幾十家購買該書先售權或再售權的出版商惱火的是，一些記者在上周四就將這本書630頁的內容搞到了手。結果：新書上市之前四天開始，《史蒂夫?喬布斯傳》的大量內容就遭遇瘋狂泄密。 ????以下為泄密清單，以及來源鏈接。（注意——很多內容系首次爆光） ????*史蒂夫?喬布斯稱生父生母只是自己的“精子和卵子庫”【美聯社（Associated Press）】 ????*他高度贊揚了養父保羅?喬布斯的職業操守。“他喜歡把事做好。即便外人不會留意的地方，他也要做到極致?！薄尽都~約時報》（New York Times）書評】 ????*史蒂夫?喬布斯在學校經常受欺負（據美聯社報道），因此學會了如何用語言還擊。艾薩克森寫道：“他語言犀利，讓毫無防備的人情緒崩潰，就像用毛巾狠抽對方一樣，而且百發百中?！保ā都~約時報》書評） ????*13歲的喬布斯看到《生活雜志》（Life）封面上的饑餓兒童照片，從此他放棄了基督教信仰。（美聯社） ????*青少年時期的喬布斯喜歡《李爾王》（King Lear），《白鯨》（Moby Dick）以及狄蘭?托馬斯的詩?！尽逗辗翌D郵報》（Huffington Post）】 ????*喬布斯是果食主義者，選擇蘋果作為公司名稱之前，他剛從一個蘋果農場吃完蘋果回來。（美聯社） ????*喬布斯對約翰?斯卡利【百事可樂（Pepsi）前高管，正是他驅逐了喬布斯】透露，如果沒有創辦蘋果公司（Apple），他也許會成為巴黎的一位詩人。（《赫芬頓郵報》） ????*他稱在自己被炒后進入蘋果公司的高管們都是恪守“腐敗價值觀”的“敗類”。（美聯社） ????*喬布斯根本瞧不起微軟公司（Microsoft）【從某種程度來說，還包括谷歌公司（Google）】的職員。在他看來，他們只不過是一群技術工匠。骨子里沒有任何人性和人文素質可言。“他們不會明白其中的奧妙。即使把蘋果Mac電腦放到他們面前，他們也復制不出來?！薄尽读昼姇r事雜志》（60 Minutes Overtime），轉自科技資訊網CNET】 ????*他將蘋果首席設計師喬納森?伊夫稱為自己的“精神伙伴”，并稱，除了自己，誰都沒權利對伊夫發號施令。（據美聯社報道）喬布斯的妻子勞倫?鮑威爾說：“史蒂夫生活中大部分人都可以找到替代品，但喬尼是獨一無二的?！薄尽端菆蟆罚∕ercury News）】 |
????The best-laid plans of authors and publishers often go awry when the bookstores get their copies. ????Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs -- the most hotly anticipated biography in years, at least in some circles -- was supposed to have a dramatic worldwide laydown on Monday. But to the distress of Isaacson, Simon & Schuster and the dozens of publications that bought first or second serial rights, some reporters got their hands on the 630-page volume on Thursday. Result: The flood of revelations began four days early. ????Our cheat-sheet, with links to the sources (ALERT -- Multiple spoilers ahead): ????* Steve Jobs refers to his biological parents as his "sperm and egg bank" (Associated Press) ????* He had high praise for Paul Jobs' work ethic. "He loved doing things right. He even cared about the look of the parts you couldn't see." (New York Times book review) ????* He was bullied in school (AP) and learned to fight back verbally. "He could stun an unsuspecting victim with an emotional towel-snap, perfectly aimed," writes Isaacson (NYT book review) ????* He gave up Christianity at age 13 when he saw starving children on the cover of Life magazine. (AP) ????* As a teenager, he loved King Lear, Moby Dick and the poetry of Dylan Thomas (Huffington Post) ????* He was returning from an apple farm on one of his fruitarian diets when he chose the name of his company (AP) ????* He told John Sculley (the former Pepsi exec who ousted Jobs) that if he hadn't started Apple (AAPL) he might have been a poet in Paris (HuffPo) ????* He calls the crop of executives brought in to run Apple after he left "corrupt people" with "corrupt values" (AP) ????* He is contemptuous of the people at Microsoft (and, to some extent, Google), whom he sees as pure technologists, with no humanities and liberal arts in their DNA. "They just didn't get it. Even when they saw the Mac they couldn't even copy it well." (60 Minutes Overtime, via CNET) ????* He calls Apple's design chief Jonathan Ive his "spiritual partner" and says that no one but Jobs had the authority to tell him what to do. (AP) "Most people in Steve's life are replaceable," says Jobs' wife Laurene Powell. "But not Jony." (Mercury News) |
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