Apple event this month to focus on iTunes U and textbook initiative

Yesterday, TUAW reported on a rumored Apple media event to be held in New York City later this month. Shortly after that post blessed the Interwebs, TUAW followed up with further detail from sister site TechCrunch. The word from the TechCrunchers was that the January event will focus on iBooks and publishing. Now Fox & Friends anchor Clayton Morris is quoting "sources involved" and saying that the event will focus on iTunes University, education, and an electronic textbook initiative.

Morris provided the following bullet points on his blog:

• This event will focus on iTunes University and Apple in education

• I learned of the event back in September when it was originally scheduled for late Fall in New York but it was eventually postponed.

• The event will be in New York rather than in the Silicon Valley because New York is more centrally located for textbook and publishing.

• This initiative has been in the making for years.

• The announcement will be small in size but large in scope: a big announcement in a demure space.

• I expect at least two large project announcements as they relate to Apple in education.

• Steve Jobs was intinimately involved with this project before his passing. He gave a hat tip to the textbook side of this project in the Isaacson biography.

• This will not be a hardware-related announcement.

TUAW will be keeping an eye on the news about this event and we'll make sure you hear about as soon as we do.