New Apple Product Announcement Will Affect Education

New Apple Product Announcement Will Affect Education (Added: January 19, 2012)

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New Apple Product Announcement Will Affect Education

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Just a few hours ago, Apple announced a new gadget. It is not a new iPad or iPhone, but a venture that could change the way we study. Most Apple announcements happen at, or near, the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California..but this was in New York...the center of the publishing world. Count on WJBF News Channel 6's Archith Seshadri to break it down for us.

By: Archith Seshadri | WJBF News Channel 6
Published: January 19, 2012
Updated: January 19, 2012 - 3:55 PM

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Augusta, GA --

Apple revolutionized the way we listen to music and connect online...and soon, the company will enter the education industry through digital textbooks.

The textbook business generated nearly $5 billion dollars last year, according to the American Association of Publishers, but digital textbook sales only account for about 6 percent of that number. But, with the growing number of e-readers and tablets among students, those numbers are expected to go up.

Apple’s announcement to market digital textbooks for publishers could mean old-school books are a thing of the past.

With other companies expected to enter the digital textbook fray, the days of student backpacks weighed down by heavy books could eventually become a thing of the past.