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{{Short description|2005 biography by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon}}
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| author        = {{hlist | Jeffrey S. Young | William L. Simon<ref name="Google Book">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv6RHwAACAAJ|title=iCon: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business rk|isbn=9780471787846 |accessdate=2011-01-14|last1=Young |first1=Jeffrey S. |last2=Simon |first2=William L. |date=April 14, 2006 |publisher=Wiley }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|title=iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business (Updated) - Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon. 0471787841|access-date=2011-01-14|publisher=Boone Bridge Books|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708084317/http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|archive-date=2011-07-08}}</ref>}}
| pub_date      = 2005
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| country       = United States
| publisher     = Wiley
| pages         = 368
| isbn =  0-471-72083-6
| isbn_note=<ref name="iCon Steve Jobs: The Great">{{Cite web|url=http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/Icon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471720836?bbb=db3c0a8bdf9e3272095c7d5d591b662f|title=iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business - Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon. 0471720836|access-date=2008-05-21|publisher=Boone Bridge Books|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083240/http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/Icon_Steve_Jobs_The_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471720836?bbb=db3c0a8bdf9e3272095c7d5d591b662f|archive-date=2011-07-08}}</ref><ref name=Arone>{{cite web | url=http://www.mac-history.net/computer-history/2008-08-25/review-icon-steve-jobs-the-greatest-second-act-in-the-history-of-business | title=Book Review: "iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business" | publisher=Christoph Dernbach | work=Mac History | accessdate=August 15, 2017 | author=Arone, Todd| date=August 25, 2008 }}</ref> 2nd ed. {{ISBN|0-471-78784-1}}<ref name="Google Book" /><ref name="iCon Steve Jobs: The Great, 2nd ed.">{{Cite web|url=http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|title=iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second ACT in the History of Business (Updated) - Jeffrey S. Young, William L. Simon. 0471787841|access-date=2011-01-14|publisher=Boone Bridge Books|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708084317/http://www.boonebridgebooks.com/iCon_Steve_Jobs_Greatest_Second_ACT_History_Business_Updated_Jeffrey_S_Young_William_L_Simon-i-0471787841|archive-date=2011-07-08}}</ref>
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'''''iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business''''' is an [[unauthorized biography]] by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon about the return of [[Steve Jobs]] to [[Apple Inc.]] in 1997. It was published in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471720836.html |title=Wiley: ICon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business |access-date=2011-11-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105024758/http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471720836.html |archive-date=2011-11-05 }}</ref>
The book's title is a [[pun]] with one connotation that of Jobs as an [[Cultural icon|icon]] with attributes to be admired, while carrying the negative interpretation as I-(am a)-Con, as in a [[Confidence trick|con man]], criticized for charisma used in harmful ways such as the "[[reality distortion field]]". The non-capitalized "i" at the beginning is also in reference to many of Apple's products, such as the [[iPhone]], [[iMac]], [[iPod]], and [[iTunes]].
It is the followup to Young's 1988 biography, ''Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward.''<ref>{{cite book | title=Steve Jobs: the Journey Is the Reward | publisher=[[Scott Foresman]] | author=Young, Jeffrey S. | year=1987 | pages=440 | isbn=0-6731-8864-7}}</ref>
== Criticism ==
In an article for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', Alan Deutschman criticizes ''iCon'', pointing out the similarity of the book's content to his own previous biography of Steve Jobs, ''[[The Second Coming of Steve Jobs]]''.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/22/RVGQOCO8LP1.DTL&type=books The tight fist clenched around Apple], a review by Alan Deutschman for ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (published May 22, 2005)</ref>
As retribution for publishing this unauthorized biography, Jobs banned all publications from publisher [[John Wiley & Sons]] from [[Apple Store (retail)|Apple retail stores]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/30/technology/30apple.html?ex=1272513600&en=7cc8ad5c1157c197&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Steve Jobs's Review of His Biography: Ban It] at the ''[[New York Times]]''</ref><ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/27/apple_snubs_wiley/ Book giant feels wrath of Jobs] at ''[[The Register]]''</ref> However, in its 2010 annual earnings report, Wiley said it had "closed a deal&nbsp;... to make its titles available for the [[iPad]]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinman |first=Sarah |title=Education Publisher John Wiley & Sons Closes Fiscal Year on a Strong Note |work=DailyFinance |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=June 17, 2010 |url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/education-publisher-john-wiley-and-sons-closes-fiscal-year-on-a-st/19520334/?icid=sphere_copyright |accessdate=September 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724/http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/education-publisher-john-wiley-and-sons-closes-fiscal-year-on-a-st/19520334/?icid=sphere_copyright |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Books about Steve Jobs]]
[[Category:Unauthorized biographies]]
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