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Apple Offers High School Textbooks For $14.99 Or Less [Apple Education Event]

Alex Heath (7:49 am PDT, Jan 19th 2012)

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Apple has set a groundbreaking price for its high school textbooks. Thanks to the partnerships between top publishers Pearson, McGraw Hill, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Apple will be able to offer high school textbooks for $14.99 or less.

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iBooks 2 Doesn’t Just Make Textbooks More Interactive, It Makes Them Like Minority Report [Apple Education Event]

John Brownlee (7:21 am PDT, Jan 19th 2012)

Roger Rosner, VP for Productivity Software, has just come up on stage to show off some textbooks using iBooks 2. And it looks pretty amazing.

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Apple Will Announce Pages ’12, iBooks 2 & Textbook Rentals At Today’s NYC Event [Rumor]

Killian Bell (6:30 am PDT, Jan 19th 2012)

Apple’s education event in New York City this morning may see the launch of a new version of the company’s Pages word processor which will feature support for iBooks publishing, and an iBooks application that will allow us to read our favorite titles on our Macs. Furthermore, we could also see the launch of textbook rentals.

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Apple Highlights Why Macs, iOS Devices Are Great for College

Killian Bell (5:34 am PDT, Jun 29th 2011)

Apple has just added three new pages to its website which highlight why its Macs and iOS devices are the perfect companions for those heading off to college. Well, actually, the Mac gets a bit of a soft sell… but Apple’s really banging the drum when it comes to their iOS devices, and as usual, it all comes down to apps.

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