Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad
Posted by Marketing on January 24th, 2012 | Posted in Newsletter | No Comments »
Textbooks Created by Publishers and Brought to Life by iPad
iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, is an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. Now students will experience gorgeous full-screen textbooks on their iPads that feature text as well as interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, 3D objects, and more. The iBookstore offers high school textbooks on topics such as algebra, biology, chemistry, and geometry from McGraw-Hill and Pearson to customers in the United States. Textbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are coming soon. iBooks textbooks are available for $14.99 or less. A First Look at iBooks 2 for iPad will be available by the end of January.
2D and 3D Image Interactivity
A Multi-Touch textbook on iPad is a gorgeous, full-screen experience full of interactive diagrams, photos, and videos. No longer limited to static pictures to illustrate the text, now students can dive into an image with interactive captions, rotate a 3D object, or have the answer spring to life in a chapter review. They can flip through a book by simply sliding a finger along the bottom of the screen. Readers can manipulate 3D objects with a touch — so instead of seeing a cross section of a brain, they can see all sections.
Highlighting and Note-TakingNow that students can truly interact with a textbook, they need a new kind of study aid: one that helps them take notes and review content as they read.
Use a finger as a highlighter when reading any textbook in iBooks. Just swipe over text and it’s highlighted. Tap a highlighted section and a palette appears. Change colors, switch to underlining, or add a note instantly. Then switch to the Notes view to see all your notes and highlights organized in one place, making it a cinch to search or go back to the highlighted sections of the book.
iPad 2 is Available Now at MacTown!
In order to enjoy the amazing new iBooks textbooks, you’ve got to have an iPad and MacTown has the entire range of iPad models ready and waiting for you. Visit either one of our retail locations (The Greene next to Adobe Gila’s or behind the Dayton Mall on Kingsridge Drive) to test drive and purchase the amazing mobile device that will revolutionize the way you study and learn.
