As expected, Apple's "education announcement" in today's event gave us - and certainly several students - something to cheer about with the introduction of a new category in the iBookstore called "textbooks". And this, in fact, is iBooks 2!
With iBooks 2 you can display books with videos as well as other interactive content, though the real intention of the Cupertino-based company is not yet clear considering only a few students own iPads. And this, to be very frank, isn't incentive enough to purchase one.
Apart from iBooks 2, Apple has also launched a new app on the Mac App Store called iBooks Author -- an app that allows people to create their own electronic textbooks on their Mac.
To kickstart their latest educational expedition, Apple has launched two high school textbooks -- Biology and Environmental Science -- one from Pearson PLC and five from McGraw-Hill. They will cost $15 or less, said Phil Schiller, Apple's head of marketing.
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