Good thing Apple didn’t partner with the music industry to revolutionize the way we consume, create and share music.

Oh wait…

Why Apple Won’t Disrupt the Textbook Industry Anytime Soon: “Today, the company set their sights on textbooks, an industry Steve Jobs himself described as being “ripe for digital destruction.” True as that may be, is what Apple planning to do in the space really all that disruptive?”

Lots of claim chowder being made by teachers and tech writers these last few days.

However, I keep getting this particular linked passed to me, especially from my educator friends who mostly use Windows XP.

Here’s the deal to remember with Apple products: the products that critics, bloggers and writers say are “too late” or “not feature rich enough” or “not cross platform” or “too costly” or “not aimed at the right market” or “don’t have Flash” are the products that usually end up revolutionizing things. Let’s see… iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad… pretty good track record.

So, with all of the negativity from “Why Can’t it Just Be 1960 Again??” educators and tech writers with an axe to grind, it looks like Apple’s education releases of iBooks 2 and especially iBooks Author for textbook writing by profs, teachers and students (yeah, I went there), are poised to change the way we do things as learners.