Apple confirms publishing event for next week The company sent an invite which asked journalists to "join us for an education announcement in the Big Apple." Textbooks were a field that Steve Jobs, the late Apple chief executive, wanted his company to change. Walter Isaacson, in his official biography of Jobs, wrote: "His idea was to hire great textbook writers to create digital versions, and make them a feature of the iPad." The confirmation that the announcement is education-related puts an end to speculation that Apple is about to announce a new gadget, such as the rumoured iPad 3. Apple typically makes it technology-related announcements in California but New York is a centre for the publishing industry. It is thought that next week's event will be a US-only launch, though as always Apple are saying nothing officially and the company is always likely to surprise.