A fresh report once again confirms Apple to be in talks with key educational publishers with a view to inking content deals for the soon-to-ship Apple tablet.
“Apple (AAPL) is in talks with the McGraw-Hill Companies, HarperCollins Publishers and Hachette Book Group to include educational and trade titles on its planned tablet computer, according to people familiar with the negotiations,” states Business Week.
“McGraw-Hill Education, the third largest educational publisher in the U.S. by sales, is discussing getting electronic textbooks and parts of its online learning system onto the tablet, say two people. Apple has also held talks with trade book publisher Hachette Book Group about distributing e-books on the tablet, says one person involved