Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing

[wraggster]

Apple is expected to announce e-book creation and social interaction tools (http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing.ars) 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.

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/01/17/2128255/apple-intends-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing

[BruceyBonus]

Paper publishers are their own worst enemy. The products are generally massively overpriced. Publishing houses are stubbornly bringing about their own demise. It is more like "assisted suicide" than digital destruction. Haven't heard any news from the event today but I look forward to reading the updates later on!