Apple reinvents textbooks with new publishing plat

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Posted By: tjadams
Subject: Apple reinvents textbooks with new publishing plat
Date Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 00:01

Apple reinvents textbooks with new publishing platform

Published January 19, 2012

| Associated Press

Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.

The electronic textbooks, which include "Biology" and "Environmental Science" from Pearson and "Algebra 1" and "Chemistry" from McGraw-Hill, contain videos and other interactive elements.

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Posted By: medenaywe
Date Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 01:41

That's follows next.I really need it for my students in wireless network and interactive teaching.Modern students are futurists and predict Apple move:they have carried one notebook for all subjects long time ago! LOL