Apple eyes Education Publishing with iBooks 2 release

Updated on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 2:15PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple today announced iBooks 2 for the iPad, iTunes U for educators and the iBooks Author bookdesign Mac App at an event held in New York's iconic Guggenheim Museum. Focusing on the education market, an area that has long been important to Apple's core, the new system aims to simplify the authorship of textbooks as well as how information is displayed and accessed through the iPad's multi-touch interface.

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