Citing unnamed sources in a blog post today, Morris said the event, which will reportedly be education-focused and tie into Apple's iTunes University program, was originally set to be held in the fall, but was pushed back to this month for reasons unknown.
Morris said that what Apple plans to unveil has "been in the making for years," and is being held in New York instead of Silicon Valley due to textbook publishers being centrally located there. It also won't be hardware-related, Morris suggested, squashing any indications of a new iPad being unwrapped.
The tidbits join a host of others stemming from an All Things Digital report yesterday that claimed that Apple is gearing up to hold an event in New York later this month with a focus on advertising or publishing. TechCrunch later weighed in, saying that the event will center on publishing and Apple's iBookstore. Macrumors mentioned that Apple has already filmed interviews with "textbook industry executives" for use in a promotional video that is expected to accompany a new product launch. And Ars Technica suggested that part of the change could amount to support for the EPUB 3 standard, as well as improved tools for publishing books on Apple's platform.
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