"Apple is not trying to kill the incumbents," the report cited Inkling digital textbooks publisher Matt MacInnis as explaining. "They've learned their lesson from upending the music industry."
So, Apple learned their lesson? I thought Apple beat the music industry, hence the 99¢ songs. Maybe I missed something here. Perhaps we are in uncharted territory, but history shows that where there's a Jobs there's a way. Even though the father has passed, I don't think it means the children(not literal) won't follow in his footsteps.
I really hope they do push out the old textbook formats in so far as distribution of core class materials. It could be a step towards equal opportunity for a good education. I stress STEP, as it is still a long gallop away even with this technology. Sure would make the backpack lighter.
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"Apple is not trying to kill the incumbents," the report cited Inkling digital textbooks publisher Matt MacInnis as explaining. "They've learned their lesson from upending the music industry."
So, Apple learned their lesson? I thought Apple beat the music industry, hence the 99¢ songs. Maybe I missed something here. Perhaps we are in uncharted territory, but history shows that where there's a Jobs there's a way. Even though the father has passed, I don't think it means the children(not literal) won't follow in his footsteps.
I really hope they do push out the old textbook formats in so far as distribution of core class materials. It could be a step towards equal opportunity for a good education. I stress STEP, as it is still a long gallop away even with this technology. Sure would make the backpack lighter.
I hope the published format will be viewable both from MacOSX and iOS, in contrast with the current ePub format.
There are epub readers out there, but to me, bit crappy:
Free, but crap:
http://calibre-ebook.com/
Needs an account (I hate singing up):
Barnesandnoble.com