Taiwanese publisher hits record with Jobs' biography

A Taiwanese publishing house has hit record results after it launched China's translation of Apple giant Steve Jobs' biography written by Walter Isaacson. Commonwealth Publishing Group released the book in Taiwan yesterday morning (October 24th), with more than 9,000 pre-orders made in just one day, equivalent to six orders per minute. In the last 19 days, more than 90,000 pre-orders of the translation were made across Asia, as its release came ahead of schedule to fall in line with its English-language launch in the UK and the US