Rumors are that the long awaited Apple Tablet will see the light of day next year. Apple has been contacting various print media about distributing their content via iTunes. Steve Jobs is probably trying to lock up the ebook market just like he did with music. According to rumors the big push is for content providers to add interactivity and video to their static print content. This is something that Kindle and other ebook readers can't handle right now.

Other than handing control of publishing for another industry over to Apple I can see a big problem. You can already have interactive content and video with print. It's called the World Wide Web. It's a special place where anyone can publish text to a thing called a "web page" and if they are so inclined can add video or interactive features.

If interactivity is the only reason to buy an Apple table I'll be amazed by Steve Jobs' ability to sell people something they already have. I suspect that print content will just be a small part of the tablet and the App Store will be the big reason people will consider it.