Wednesday Readup: Is it a Beautiful Day for an Apple?

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Today is the day that Steve Jobs will reveal his iSlate/Apple Tablet/name in question device that has been rumored to rival all e-readers.

On CNBC yesterday  McGraw-Hill Chairman and CEO Terry McGraw:

Yeah, very exciting. Yes, they'll[Apple] make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while, and the tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.

So what you are going to be able to do now is, we have a consortium of e-books. And we have 95 percent of all our materials that are in e-book format on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher-education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific.

What makes this device better than what's out and what's still being shipped out there? You'll have to wait until 10 a.m. PST today to find out.

Who will be watching today with me? My chief concern is what will this devise do for digital media? Will it save print publications, publishing? If 44% of Google Readers aren't reading past the links, does that mean we are living in a time of Informaion Overload or growing Adult Illiteracy...wachoothink? Respond here or on Twitter. Use Hashtag #applez

On an off-topic note Ron Marshall has resigned as CEO of Borders Group, Inc. Could Border's drop in holiday sales be the cause of his departure?