Minnesota publisher welcomes iPad and iBookstore

The new iPad
Apple CEO Steve Jobs shows off the new iPad during an Apple event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010.
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Apple's new iPad device certainly has technology geeks talking, but book fanatics are interested too. Apple CEO Steve Jobs introdued the tablet device earlier this week, where he also touted the company's new iBookstore. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Doug Armatto, the director of the University of Minnesota Press, the largest adult publisher in Minnesota.

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