Available for the first time on www.simonsays.com is a text excerpt for your iPod!

On Monday, October 23rd we will release the eBook version of The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness by Steven Levy. To celebrate the publication of this title, we will offer a full chapter excerpt for the Notes section of your iPod. Simply go to the eBook product page and follow these instructions:

1. Download the ZIP file, unzip/extract the files
2. Enable iPod for disk use (go to http://www.apple.com/support/ipod for more information on how to enable)
3. Drag the text files to the Notes directory on your Apple iPod device
4. Turn Apple iPod on, go to Extras->Notes menu, open the first notes file

The Perfect Thing examines how Apple CEO Steven Jobs and his teams of engineers, programmers and designers created a product that has become a massive consumer success and a cultural icon.