Apple’s ‘Education Event’: Is the company trying to get into the textbook distribution game?

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By Joanna Stern | The Verge,

Just as we had heard, Apple's holding an "education event" on January 19th in New York City. Obviously the invite above doesn't reveal too much — unless Apple's planning on revamping the New York skyline — but there have been strong rumors of Apple getting into the textbook distribution game and optimizing educational content for the iPad. We'll let our minds run wild, but expect full, live coverage from the Guggenheim Museum on January 19th starting at 10:00AM EST right here.

This article originally appeared on theverge.com as Apple ‘Education Event’ set for January 19th in NYC .

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