Apple unveils the iPad. (via Engadget)
Student might very soon be handing over a portion of their student loan checks to Apple. As if Macs, iPods and iPhones weren’t already wildly popular with the collegiate crowd, Steve Jobs’ announcement today of the company’s long-anticipated new product, the iPad, will surely be on the must-have school supply list upon its release sometime in 2010 (still unknown at this time).
McGraw-Hill’s CEO, Harold McGraw III, told CNBC that the company’s textbooks will be made available for the on the new iPad (previously thought to be called the Apple Table or iSlate). Additionally, during Steve Jobs’ live presentation, it was announced that other textbook partners would include publishers Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillian, and Hatchett Book Group.
While the Amazon Kindle has been considered to be the next big revolution in e-readers with a possibility of taking over the textbook market, it seems completely plausible that the new iPad from Apple could fulfill that role much more quickly.
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iPad Textbooks Protected by FairPlay DRM in iBookstore
Apple is already taking steps to head-off piracy on its new iPad, introduced last month. Even with a cheaper price tag, iPad textbooks could still fall victim to piracy, which is why Apple is employing the FairPlay digital rights management system (DRM) to ensure media in its new iBookstore are safe.
posted on January 27th, 2010 by Brandi
Tags: apple, ipad, textbooks
Posted in Books, News, Technology | 13 Comments »
January 28th, 2010 at 2:09 am
It seems someone else may jump ahead of the other publishers, and offer a service FOR the publishers to create interactive textbooks. Something that I expected to hear a lot about but was something that I noticed was missing from the presentation
(Besides a front facing camera and multi-tasking):
January 28th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
I can’t wait to use this for my textbooks! and other things lolz!
January 30th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
This pretty much seals it. My math and French textbooks are already fully online so i guess if i can completely download them it would be even better. only issue i see is switching between notetaking and textbooks. I would like to see not-taking built into the e-reader app….
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:30 am
[...] told CNBC that the company will be making its textbooks available in e-book form (I found that out here). I’m quite excited about this, and I hope more publishers will follow. However, there [...]
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I have trouble understanding how anyone could make so many DEAD WRONG statements about the Kindle.
I’ve been making notations and bookmarks with both Kindle 2 and DX. Who told you it couldn’t be done?
Where did you get the idea that the Kindle (any Kindle) “requires an external keyboard”? It has a built-in keyboard.
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:06 pm
[...] or even do a citation for a particular page number. Issues that will be no less important for the iPad textbooks [...]
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
Oops, my previous comments were intended for the article one level back. Sorry.
Excuse me while I just nip off and fall on my sword.
February 4th, 2010 at 6:31 am
[...] do you think about ipad text books? are ‘real text books’ a thing of the [...]
February 5th, 2010 at 4:24 am
I think I will buy iPad for reading ebook.
February 17th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
[...] be available for purchase, one of the biggest buzz-worthy features will be the availability of iPad textbooks. College students will be able to access a number of textbooks from a number of publishers with [...]
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 am
i think im might get 1 and see how good as they say they r
March 5th, 2010 at 11:49 am
[...] iPad eBook Reader to Offer Textbooks | Edu in Review Blog. [...]
March 5th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
[...] Apple iPad ($499-$829)—Of interest is Apple’s announcement of the release of the iPad, after months of speculation about what the product would do and what it would look like. Comparisons between the Kindle and the iPad are already surfacing, with the emphasis on the iPad’s ability to penetrate the higher education market by offering textbooks for the device. According to EDU in Review, McGraw-Hill textbooks will be available on the iPad, and other textbook partners would include Penguin, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillian, and Hatchett Book Group (http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2010/01/ipad-ebook-reader-to-offer-textbooks). [...]