Apple rolls out digital textbook service iBooks 2

NEW YORK (Reuters) Apple Inc unveiled a new digital textbook service called iBooks 2 on Thursday, aiming to revitalize the U.S. education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad. The consumer electronics giant has been working on digital textbooks with publishers Pearson PLC, McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a trio responsible for 90 percent of textbooks sold in the United States. Amazon.com Inc and other device makers have made inroads into an estimated $8 billion market for electronic textbooks. ...