bonch writes “Apple is expected to announce e-book creation and social interaction tools at their January 19 media event taking place in New York, the heart of the publishing industry. Along with expanded interactivity features such as test-taking, the event is expected to showcase an ePub 3-compatible ‘Garageband for e-books’ to address the lack of simple digital publishing tools. Steve Jobs reportedly considered textbook publishing to be ‘an $8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction’ and was directly involved with Apple’s efforts in this area until his death.”
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Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing
