Apple Intends To 'Digitally Destroy' Textbook Publishing

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."

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Magic

[siddesu]

From the summary, that's what it feels like. My hair is tingling, my hands are shaking, my pupils are dilating, my mouth opens all by itself and I feel happiness and joy take me over.

Is this the second cumming?

Is he still alive somewhere?

I can't wait.

I

MUST

BUY

Re:Magic

[BlackSnake112]

Maybe some people do not like Apple due to the fact that people believe the hype. Many Apple users tell me that they can surf the web and open any email attachment without fear of ever getting a virus/malware. That is not true. If this was true I would have to be rebuilding Apple machines that are infected. Granted the users let the virus/malware be installed in the first place. They entered in their password when prompted without a second thought. That is the problem. The Apple users think they are totally safe, so any password prompt is fine since that are on an Apple machine.

Re:Magic

[siddesu]

Game consoles have had "walled gardens" (ugh, that term) for decades, approving all software that appears on their devices, and the world hasn't fallen apart.

Nice strawman you got there. Nobody is arguing that the world is falling apart, the argument is that there is possibility of real harm done. The Microsoft near monopoly in the PC market did not cause the world to fall, but it is hard to argue it was totally harmless.

Nobody is forced to use an Apple device, so again, the "freedom" argument is silly

It is good I am not making this argument then. All I'm saying is that people buy Apple products by the looks and assume the rest from what they already know about computers, and by doing so they buy into a sales method that limits the modes in which they can use their devices.

In my book that is bad, but, as I said in my frist psot, you always can accept it and rejoice.

Re:Magic

[siddesu]

What part of my post above isn't "true" exactly? I see nothing in your post that proves me wrong. The only thing I see is that you assume your experience is good enough to describe the *whole* range of phones and services. If you seriously believe that, you're having the -tard problem.

Apple, the savior?

[DogDude]

This made me laugh. Yes, the overpriced textbook industry that charges people almost annually for minor updates will be destroyed by the overpriced electronic gadget company that charges people almost annually for minor updates. Fantastic. That's a real step forward.