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Less than one week after its release, Bill Gates‘ new book “Source Code: My Beginnings” has skyrocketed to the number-one spot on Amazon’s memoirs bestsellers chart — where it currently sits, as of this writing.
Regularly priced at $30, “Source Code: My Beginnings,” which is published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and is Gates’ fifth book, is on sale for $21 at Amazon. This is a 30% savings.
In addition, the memoir is available to listen to for free, as an audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton and Gates himself, for Audible subscribers. Not a subscriber? You can take advantage of Audible’s 30-day free trial and take a listen. After the free trial is over, just cancel the service or keep listening to audiobooks starting at $7.95/month.
“Source Code: My Beginnings” follows Bill Gates, who was born in Oct. 1955, during his early life as the son of a lawyer and banker in Seattle, Washington to his decision to drop out of Harvard University to co-found Microsoft with childhood friend and computer programmer Paul Allen.
The book includes Gates’ meaningful relationships and eye-opening lessons that led him to become of the most influential people in computer technology, pop culture and philanthropy during the late 20th century into the early 21st century.
“Source Code: My Beginnings” is now available on Amazon as a hardcover book, as a large-print paperback, as a Kindle e-book and as an Audible audiobook. Meanwhile, the audiobook version is on sale for $17.72 (reg. $20.25), but you can listen to it for free with a 30-day free trial with Audible. Learn more about Audible here.