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Apple's education focused event on January 19th brought the release of iBooks 2, an updated iPad app that supports its new textbook platform. There was also the release of iBooks Author, a free textbook creation and publishing tool. Catch up with all of the company's announcements and our impressions of these new tools right here.
Feb 3, 2012, 11:40 PM UTCBryan Bishop
iBooks Author 1.0.1 EULA clarifies sales stance: works can be sold outside of the iBookstore
Apple has updated the End Use License Agreement for iBooks Author, allowing authors to sell works created with the app outside of Apple's own outlets — as long as they don't utilized the company's enhanced .ibooks format.
Jan 20, 2012, 7:53 AM UTCBryan Bishop
Apple education event video now available for streaming and download
Apple has posted video of today's education-focused event in New York, available for streaming or as a download through iTunes.
Jan 20, 2012, 3:08 AM UTCDieter Bohn
iBooks Author restricts all sales to iBookstore, wraps for-pay books in DRM
After iBooks Author's announcement and release today, would-be writers began delving into the tool to see how it worked and what restrictions might be placed on it. Unfortunately, one of those restrictions is relatively onerous: Apple's End User License Agreement stipulates that books created with the tool can only be sold through Apple's iBookstore.
Jan 19, 2012, 6:48 PM UTCJoanna Stern
Apple iTunes U hands-on pictures and video
A hands-on look at Apple's new iTunes U app, which gives everyone access to higher-education course materials and lectures.
Jan 19, 2012, 5:07 PM UTCJoshua Topolsky
Apple's iBooks 2 and iBooks Author announcements raise questions about hardware, content
Apple launches an assault on the textbook status quo... but what about the hardware?
Jan 19, 2012, 4:34 PM UTCPaul Miller
iBooks Author hands-on: making textbooks in the 21st century
The single-window interface is just like any other modern iWorks app, and Apple isn't offering it for free for lack of features.
Jan 19, 2012, 3:34 PM UTCDavid Pierce
Apple's publishing partners for digital textbooks: McGraw Hill, Pearson, more
At Apple's education event in New York City, the company introduced three new heavy-hitting partners for its new digital textbooks.
Jan 19, 2012, 3:24 PM UTCJoanna Stern
iBooks Author: Apple's Mac app to help you make textbooks
Apple has announced iBooks Author, a Mac-based tool for creating textbooks for the iBookstore.
Jan 19, 2012, 3:08 PM UTCLaura June
Apple announces iBooks 2, a 'new textbook experience for the iPad'
Apple announces iBooks 2, focusing on education and textbooks.
Jan 19, 2012, 12:00 AM UTCSean Hollister
Reminder: Apple 'Education Event' live blog tomorrow at 10AM ET / 7AM PT!
Apple's holding an Education Event tomorrow at 10AM ET / 7AM PT, and we'll be there liveblogging the whole thing.
Jan 18, 2012, 1:37 AM UTCSam Byford
WSJ: Apple's new ebook initiative to be led by iWork executive
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple's education event on January 19th will reveal a textbook-building initiative led by Roger Rosner, VP of productivity applications.
Jan 17, 2012, 3:19 AM UTCDieter Bohn
Apple to announce ebook creation tools Thursday, says Ars Technica
Apple may unveil new tools that together are described as "GarageBand for e-books." The new tools are said to make ebook creation much easier than currently-available software tools and may partially be based on the now-defunct iWeb software. Apple may also unveil what many were already expecting: new textbooks that are optimized for the iPad.
Jan 11, 2012, 5:27 PM UTCJoanna Stern
Apple 'Education Event' set for January 19th in NYC
Apple's holding an education event on January 19th in New York City.
Jan 2, 2012, 9:27 PM UTCNilay Patel
Apple planning a non-TV media-related event in New York this month, says All Things D
Apple's planning a media-related event in NYC later this month with a likely focus on publishing or advertising, says Kara Swisher.
