Amazon recently declared Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple Inc. co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs the best-selling book of the year. In Japan though, it didn't even make the top five.
But that ranking doesn't tell the full story, as fact is, Japan is bonkers for the official biography of the late Apple boss - except for the tweaked cover design of the Japanese-language version.
The publishing company said it has received complaints and read many more grumblings online about how the front of the Japanese-language version is different from the one decorating the English-language Simon & Schuster hardcover. The font is much bigger, the extra ink used to write English and Japanese names of the author and translator clutter around Mr. Jobs' head, and there is a drop of color. (Wall Street Journal)
Amazon recently declared Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple Inc. co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs the best-selling book of the year. In Japan though, it didn't even make the top five.
But that ranking doesn't tell the full story, as fact is, Japan is bonkers for the official biography of the late Apple boss - except for the tweaked cover design of the Japanese-language version.
The publishing company said it has received complaints and read many more grumblings online about how the front of the Japanese-language version is different from the one decorating the English-language Simon & Schuster hardcover. The font is much bigger, the extra ink used to write English and Japanese names of the author and translator clutter around Mr. Jobs' head, and there is a drop of color. (Wall Street Journal)