iCon or iCrib?

Alan Deutschman says that Jeffrey Young's new book about Steve Jobs contains nothing particularly damning or revealing about the iCEO. 

He should know...

According to Alan, much of iCon, Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business was lifted directly from Alan's own book, The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, which was published in 2001.

"Every author wants his work to influence later tellings," Deutschman wrote, "but hey, guys, this is kind of pushing it. I don't know whether I should feel flattered or ask for my fair share of the book's royalties."

Surprisingly, and refreshingly, despite that statement and quite a few citations of eerily similar pages shared by both books, Deutschman doesn't seem all that miffed about the liberal, uncredited 'paraphrasing' used by Young.

If he chooses to just let it slide, Alan would be what my grandmother would have called an iMensch. I'd like to see Wiley (the publishers) and/or Young himself give credit where credit is due, however.
 
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