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Even in death, Steve Jobs can give a boost to the publishing industry.

The man, whose iPad brought new hope to the publishing world with digital revenues supplementing traditional print sales, has chipped in one last time with a fast-selling book.

Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of Apple, died Oct. 5 and yesterday his biography written by Walter Isaacson went on sale.

Online buying sites were offering digital and physical copies at about the same price, with most e-stores selling the e-book for $16.99 and the hardcover for $17.88.

The publisher Simon & Schuster set the list price at $35.

The publisher would not release official numbers for the digital and physical sales on opening day. However, brick-and-mortar stores reported robust demand, as did online sellers such as Amazon.

“‘Steve Jobs’ is currently our No. 1 best seller on both the Books and Kindle Best Seller lists,” Amazon said in a statement yesterday. “The way things are trending, it could very likely be one of our top-selling books of the year.”

The Strand at 12th and Broadway loaded up on the 630-page book by ordering 300 copies; it typically stocks 100 copies of popular titles. The outlet sells the book at $31.50.

“We expected it to be a big success,” said Carson Moss, a buyer at The Strand. “When Jobs retired we ordered more copies and once he passed away we doubled the order.”

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