Apple’s Tablet and Textbook Strategy: Is it Inherently Flawed?

Apple has made a lot of noise recently about the new version of iBooks that provides interactive features for textbooks. But as I’ve written about previously, there’s a lot involved in what will be a totemic shift from physical to digital in the classroom.

One of the critical issues involved in that shift is price.

From the school perspective, the price of an iPad isn’t that much of an issue. Through educational and enterprise licensing, schools can get very good pricing on these devices. But w...