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ScrollMotion inking e-textbook deals for iPad

Stuart Dredge
ScrollMotion inking e-textbook deals for iPad

Schools looking out for Apple's tablet.

ScrollMotion is signing deals with a variety of educational textbook publishers, to take their titles to Apple's iPad.

That's according to the Wall Street Journal, which names McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt K-12, Pearson Education and Kaplan as involved in these deals.

What's more, the article suggests that Apple is firmly focused on the education sector as a key market for the iPad, despite last week's launch concentrating on consumer usage of the device.

The device could also link into the existing iTunes U service for students.

"This is the beginning of handheld education," says ScrollMotion CEO John Lema.

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