Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the "GarageBand for e-books," so to speak—and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users.

With devices like Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire, RIM Playbook, Barnes and Noble's Nook, and Samsung's Galaxy Tab, it is no wonder the ebooks have increased in popularity. So are we seeing the twilight of hardcopy books? Even bookstores like Barnes and Noble, and Borders are increasingly turning to ebook to generate online business. Amazon has reported increases in the purchase of ebooks although sale of hardcopy books through their online portal is still healthy.

Ebooks have finally come of age, thanks mainly to the Amazon Kindle. Amazon now sells more ebooks than print books, and Barnes and Nobles ebook related sales have increased by 140%. This is good news for people trying to make money online. Writing ebooks is now a lucrative money making opportunity, check out the post to see how people are writing and publishing their own ebooks and how much money can be made.