{"id":26366,"date":"2012-01-17T09:35:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=26366"},"modified":"2012-01-17T17:25:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T22:25:28","slug":"apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing-foresman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing-foresman\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to announce tools, platform to &#8220;digitally destroy&#8221; textbook publishing [Foresman]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/apple\/news\/2012\/01\/apple-to-announce-tools-platform-to-digitally-destroy-textbook-publishing.ars\" target=\"_blank\">Apple to announce tools, platform to &#8220;digitally destroy&#8221; textbook publishing<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong>&#8211; by Chris Foresman <abbr><\/abbr><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>GarageBand for e-books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">At the same time, however, authoring standards-compliant e-books (despite some promises to the contrary) is not as simple as running a Word document of a manuscript through a filter. The current state of software tools continues to frustrate authors and publishers alike, with several authors telling Ars that they wish Apple or some other vendor would make a simple app that makes the process as easy as creating a song in GarageBand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Our sources say Apple will announce such a tool on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Some thoughts\/reflections from DSC:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If the educational publishing industry doesn&#8217;t want to help students out by greatly lowering their prices&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>(But don&#8217;t relax people in higher ed&#8230;most likely, we are next.)<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Another example of &#8220;<em>the dangers of the status quo.<\/em>&#8220;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">We constantly need to be actively<em> reinventing ourselves and our businesses<\/em> so that we are <em>staying relevant<\/em>.<br \/>\n<em>(And at prices running up to and over $200,000 for 4 years of college &#8212; as of January 2012 &#8212;\u00a0 the assertion that higher ed is not a business just doesn&#8217;t hold any water for me anymore.)<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Addendum later on 1\/17\/12:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2012\/01\/13\/digital-publishing-apps-predictions\/\">5 Digital Publishing App Trends to Watch in 2012<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; by Erik Loehfelm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple to announce tools, platform to &#8220;digitally destroy&#8221; textbook publishing &#8211;&#8211; by Chris Foresman Excerpt: GarageBand for e-books At the same time, however, authoring standards-compliant e-books (despite some promises to the contrary) is not as simple as running a Word document of a manuscript through a filter. 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