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Publisher Wiley's Books Pulled from Apple Stores

getling writes "Looks like Steve Jobs is almost as unhappy about personal details being publicized as he is with Mac secrets. The book publisher Wiley, who is releasing a new unauthorized biography of Jobs has had its entire line of books banned from Apple stores as a result of their unhappiness with the content of the book. Wiley, publisher of the popular Dummies series of books, as well as the Bible series, is quite surprised, due to the fact that they view the book to show Jobs in a largely positive light ..."

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  1. Apple is the new Micro$oft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe the famous "1984" commercial should now only be played in reverse.

  2. This is an "MS SUCKS" troll. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe he didn't like that they didn't say enough bad stuff about Microsoft stealing all of Apple's good ideas. That is, of course, what Microsoft did, since Microsoft is evil, vile, and wicked; since Microsoft sucks; and since Microsoft represents everything that mankind should avoid at all costs. Microsoft is bad, Apple is good, and Steve Jobs is right to be upset.

  3. Re:No, lemming, get a clue by geekoid · · Score: 0, Troll

    man, nice rant that has nothing to do with the post you replied to.
    well done.

    "E.g., "freedom of press" does _not_ mean you can go to NYT and have them publish whatever you want published in their newspaper. As they say, "freedom of press" only applies to whoever owns the press."

    wow, totaly missed the point of that quote. bravo.

    "E.g., if Apple doesn't want to sell another company's books, "free press" and "democracy" have exactly _nothing_ to do with it."

    once again missing the post, or did you even read the post you are replying to? he said it was bad for the company, which it is. Also stating it cost the people who own/run the mac store franchise money.
    If I were still a share holder, I would be very upset.

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