The Fate of Maine's 30,000 iBooks

The initial contract with Apple is ending on the 30,000+ iBooks Maine has used for every seventh and eighth grader for the past 4 years. What will the state do with them? Remember the stampede for the Henrico County, VA, iBooks at the end of their program? Not in Maine. The 3-4 year old iBooks are being offered to school districts for $48 each and many are taking the state up on the deal. The ibooks will be used to expand the school's reach, used as backups, sold to students/parents or donated to lower income students. Apple successfully competed for a four-year extension of the highly successful program in Maine. More... [Dana Baggett]