New Delhi: Elon Musk’s biography by American author-journalist Walter Isaacson noticed a strong sale within the first week of its launch, promoting 92,560 copies. The sale of the biography of Tesla founder and X (previously, Twitter) — titled ‘Elon Musk’ — included print copies bought by means of September 16, in keeping with information collected by guide tracker Circana BookScan.Musk on Sunday posted on the bumper sale determine: “Cool, although it’s kinda weird seeing so many close-up pics of my face.”
The feat makes ‘Elon Musk’ biography the second best-selling first-week title after Isaacson’s 2011 biography of late Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs, which bought almost 383,000 copies in its first week. (Also Read: Blockbuster Deal ALERT! Movie Tickets At Rs 99 Across India On THIS Date)
The guide was revealed simply weeks after Jobs’ loss of life on October 5, 2011. Isaacson chased Musk for 2 years, “attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries,” in keeping with the guide’s writer, Simon & Schuster. (Also Read: In PICS: India’s 8 Most Expensive Weddings Of All Time)
He has additionally written best-selling biographies of Einstein and Benjamin Franklin.’Elon Musk additionally topped The New York Times’ mixed print and e-book nonfiction and hardcover bestseller listing.
It can also be on Amazon’s bestseller listing, retailing for $20.99.The guide has revealed a number of aspects of Musk’s life, together with his private relationships with a number of girls.
Hit by emotional scars apparently inflicted by his father early in life, the billionaire went on to have a fluid mixture of girlfriends, ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, and vital others and has many kids with a number of girls, revealed the biography.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was “lonely and sad” as a toddler as he struggled to make associates at school. He additionally struggled to grasp social cues and needed to depend on books to study them.
The biography additionally revealed that Musk and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates bought right into a verbal spat after the Tesla CEO confronted the Microsoft founder over shorting the electric-car firm’s shares final 12 months.
