iBook Textbooks

Some very exciting news coming out of Apple this morning.  They have released an upgrade for the iBook app that is geared specifically for textbooks.  This was fairly expected but the real surprise was the free authoring environment they are also releasing that will make it very easy for instructors to write their own textbooks.  Of course it only runs on Macs, but Apple isn't exactly known for making it easy to use their stuff on Windows.

I believe this has enormous potential and could revolutionize the textbook industry, just like the iTunes did for the music industry.  Textbooks from all of the major publishers are available now for $14.99 and imagine what it will be like when instructors all over the country can start producing their own materials.  The best will get voted up and the worst will get voted down and the students will be the real winners.