world-shaker:

If true, this would be awesome.

Apple’s education-focused media event scheduled is scheduled for this Thursday, and more details seem to be leaking out. Earlier this evening, the Wall Street Journal reported that McGraw-Hill had been working with Apple on this project since last June. Now, ArsTechnica claims that one of the key components of Thursday’s announcement is a new publishing tool for eBooks.

The current state of software tools continues to frustrate authors and publishers alike, with several authors telling Ars that they wish Apple or some other vendor would make a simple app that makes the process as easy as creating a song in GarageBand.

Our sources say Apple will announce such a tool on Thursday.