Apple aims to reinvent textbooks - LIVE

Although the tools fell somewhat short of the widely expected " GarageBand for e-books " -- there was no "magic guitar" for turning out javascript widgets, for example -- the overall message was clear: it's going to be a lot easier in the future for publishers and educators to create a new generation of interactive textbooks ... as long as they do it the Apple way.

Apple aims to reinvent textbooks

The tech press gathers to see what Cupertino has in store for schools

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Comparing Zinio, Kindle and Newsstand apps for iPad magazine reading - GigaOm

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Heroes Corner Dedicated - The Ledger

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