iBooks Textbooks for the iPad...the dream is being realised

I try hard not to post advertising on this blog, but rather professional articles that I find interesting and hopefully readers do too.  While this page is Apple info/tising, it is concrete proof of the vision that was shared at the 2011 ICT Roadshow....where books and teaching are heading in the future. 
Having just spent a week contacting new text books for two of my kids (with the swearing and cursing that goes with all the bubbles and creases - not to mention wondering if they will ever be opened) this is a a useful and encouraging move towards a different conept of 'textbook'

Read more at:
http://www.apple.com/education/ibooks-textbooks/

Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad.