Apple Inc. officially announced the latest version of iBooks, the iBooks 2. The latest version iBooks is targeting the education market. Apple hopes, iBooks 2 can provide interactive books that can beat the text book that boring subjects.
In the launch at the Guggenheim Museum in New York Times, Phil Schiller of Apple Inc. demonstrates how to use the interactive iBooks 2. For instance in the knowledge of insects, the children will be able to open a section by section so that insects can learn the ins and outs of insects not only of writing, such as those offered by conventional books. The addition of audio on each collection of books on the iBooks 2 will also add an interactive element of this tablet.
"Children will be smarter and thanked tablet. Textbooks are no longer an ideal tool for learning," said Schiller. "I am proud to tell you that the kids will really love their iBooks," he added.
Apple did not just change the version of a textbook to elktronik book format. Apple overhauled every book to be sold on the iBooks 2 and add audio and visual. Apple also added a feature like notes, which can be used to record children's essentials and answering quizzes that are available to test their understanding of the material offered.
Application to Make E-book
In the second iBooks, Apple has also added an application that allows authors to make electronic books directly from the application. If during this time someone makes an electronic book by writing it in Word, then save as the PDF, then downloaded, this way will be facilitated. Only by opening the application iBooks Author, author of the book can start writing the script directly in the application, edit the layout and cover design.
This application can be used by teachers and parents to make their own books, which is readable by the students and children. In addition, this application is also very useful for academics to work on campus job, keep a journal, or research reports. For the author of selfpublishing, this application can also be used for writing and editing electronic books written by himself.
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