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Filed under: Hardware<\/a>, Rumors<\/a>, Internet Tools<\/a><\/p>\n One of the things Apple should do to achieve runaway success with the tablet is incorporate textbooks. The folks at Coursesmart<\/a>, a joint venture of five publishers that sells college textbooks as ebooks, have produced a video demonstrating how it could work.*<\/p>\n In the video, the user flips through available textbooks, makes a selection and begins reading. He also makes notes, views video of a lecture, adds an event to his calendar and searches the web for additional info, all while sipping a coffee. It’s a neat idea, and just one of a slew of concepts that have recently surfaced. <\/p>\n But why textbooks? There are several reasons. First, college students are young and tech-savvy. They’re also light on the finances often times, and ebooks are cheaper than their paper counterparts. Also, they could connect to iTunes U to find the books they need and lighten the load of heavy backpacks.<\/p>\n As for the publishers, this type of distribution would eliminate the school’s resale of used books, which was a benefit for the students but did nothing for them. If the latest rumor<\/a> is true, we only have a few more weeks to wait.<\/p>\n *Note that the video is entirely Coursesmart’s imagining and not based on an actual product from Apple … real or otherwise. <\/p>\n [Via MacDailyNews<\/a>]<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>Textbook publishers dream of the tablet<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/h6>\n