Steve Jobs - Control Freak?
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[Protein° Feed] "There were conversations with an Apple executive and following that the books were pulled," Wiley spokeswoman Lori Sayde-Mehrtens said Tuesday. "It's an unfortunate decision for us, and we're clearly disappointed in their decision."
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[PhotoshopNews: Photoshop News and Information] Publisher banned from Apple stores: “There were conversations with an Apple executive and following that the books were pulled,” said Wiley spokeswoman Lori Sayde-Mehrtens. “It’s an unfortunate decision for us and we’re clearly disappointed in their decision.”
[A Complete Waste of Time] Apple pulls books over Jobs bio: entitled “iCon Steve Jobs.” “There were conversations with an Apple executive and following that the books were pulled,” said Wiley spokeswoman Lori Sayde-Mehrtens. “Its an unfortunate decision... Does Apple go around looking for ways to make the company look like arrogant and stupid? It must
[Practicesource.com] Australian Legal Eye - Home - Wiley Biography Of Steve Jobs ...: Technology publisher John Wiley & Sons said Tuesday that Apple Computer Inc. had removed all of its books from Apple store shelves ahead of the publication of a biography of Apple CEO entitled "iCon Steve Jobs."...."There were conversations with an Apple executive and following that the books were pulled," said Wiley spokeswoman Lori Sayde-Mehrtens. "It's an unfortunate decision for us and we're clearly disappointed in their decision."
[Practicesource.com] Australian Legal Eye - Home: Technology publisher John Wiley & Sons said Tuesday that Apple Computer Inc. had removed all of its books from Apple store shelves ahead of the publication of a biography of Apple CEO entitled "iCon Steve Jobs."...."There were conversations with an Apple executive and following that the books were pulled," said Wiley spokeswoman Lori Sayde-Mehrtens. "It's an unfortunate decision for us and we're clearly disappointed in their decision."
[Redherring.com] RED HERRING | Jobs Bans Wiley Books: “My understanding is that Wiley requested or asked if there were any factual changes to be made in the book or errors and thats when they [Apple] said the only thing satisfying to [them] would be not to publish the book,” Mr. Young told Reuters. “Obviously theres some relationship between seeing the book and pulling the Wiley books, but I dont know what it is.”
[Redherring.com] RED HERRING | Jobs Bans Wiley Books: “My understanding is that Wiley requested or asked if there were any factual changes to be made in the book or errors and thats when they [Apple] said the only thing satisfying to [them] would be not to publish the book,” Mr. Young told Reuters. “Obviously theres some relationship between seeing the book and pulling the Wiley books, but I dont know what it is.”
[Spymac.com] usayd's Blog: Apple sure isn't scoring any points in the PR department lately. After suing a couple of Apple-enthusiast websites earlier this year, now Apple is banning publisher John Wiley & Sons from their stores after the publication of a biography of Steve Jobs that the company is upset with:
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Posted at May 28, 2005 12:17 PM