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Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-destroy-the-price dept.

bonch writes "Apple is expected to announce e-book creation and social interaction tools 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."

2 of 396 comments (clear)

  1. Re:the lack of simple digital publishing tools? by Missing.Matter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's typical Apple propaganda. In the beginning, there was nothing. Then Apple said... you know the rest.

  2. Re:Magic by rpresser · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think some of the Apple hatred stems from the fact that many techies absorb themselves in computers because it gives them a feeling of control that they lack in their daily lives. Mastering a system is gratifying on many levels. When a company offers a platform that doesn't allow or require that kind of micro-management and control, it's really like an attack on the person directly, especially when the product is popular among non-techies--many of the same people who alienated that person in the first place. And so there's resentment.

    You absolutely loved the "I'm a Mac / I'm a PC" commercials, didn't you?