Apple will launch a program to create interactive textbooks

Event from Apple, dedicated to the theme of education, is scheduled for this Thursday. Earlier, Wall Street Journal reported that the company McGraw-Hill, together with Apple was working on this project since June 2011. Now ArsTechnica reports that one of the key events in the future events will be the presentation of a new tool for the publication of electronic books.

If the current situation in the software environment for publications many authors and publishers are asked Apple or other manufacturer to create a simple application that would make the publishing process as simple as creating a song in GarageBand.

Various sources report that Apple will announce the release of such a tool on Thursday. As promised, the application will be implemented support for the standard ePub 3, and in general, this tool will allow publishers to easily create interactive e-books. It is worth noting that in the past few years, Steve Jobs was actively involved in the work on this project.

The event will be held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York Thursday, January 19. As promised, a key figure in the event will be senior vice president Eddy Cue Apple.

[via MacRumors]