Major textbook publishers have struck deals with third party iPhone/iPod touch developers to adapt their textbooks for the electronic page. This could be the clearest indication yet that the industry is ready to embrace digital devices and that Apple's iPad could be at the forefront of this transformation.
So far McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Pearson and Kaplan have signed deals with ScrollMotion Inc to build new applications for assessment, revision and teaching around their content.
Rik Kranenburg from McGraw-Hill's higher education unit said: “People have been talking about the impact of technology on education for 25 years. It feels like it is really going to happen in 2010.”
Will 2010 be the year of the eBook?
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