Apple's Textbooks

While the idea of ebooks is very cool and students could learn a lot from the interactive videos Apple showed in the commercial, the article about why these books will never work makes some good points. I think the idea of an ebook is very cool, and given the choice between a textbook and an ebook I would probably pick the ebook, but I have a device set up for ebooks and am a college student. I think the article speaking against Apple sheds light on some important issues. The one issue that struck my attention was the volume vouchers. What a nightmare for school to have to buy these huge vouchers, buy the right amount of book and issue codes to the students. Each student could end up with many codes, and they would need to have the right type of device and an Apple account. The ebooks are not like textbooks that get shared year to year for many years the school would have to do this each and every year. I think this would just be a nightmare for schools and teachers to deal. However, I think this is an excellent option for college students who already have to buy their own textbooks.