The more I think about it, the more I realize that highlighting text, even in just a textbook, should be more than a desire for Apple and third-party developers. It's almost a necessity, to be honest. If you want students to pick up the iPad, and replace their physical books where they can take notes and highlight text, then you need to be able to offer the same content, digitally.
With that being said, with ScrollMotion behind the textbooks coming to the iPad, I think we might not have to worry about this feature. As Vincent said, Apple isn't going to put highlighting text in their iBookstore or eBooks, but we could probably expect it from ScrollMotion and their textbooks.
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