Book Release Date Hints at Release Date for iWork '11

By Chris Burns/Nov. 3, 2010 1:14 pm EST

Two separate websites have shown a publication date of December 2010 for a book which appears to be a guide for iWork '11. This is surprising as the release date for iWork '11 has not yet been officially announced by Apple. One of these books is German, written by Hans Dorsch and appears on Amazon France and Swedish book site Adlibris. The book has been given an ISBN number so it's totally legit.

The images used on the Amazon site are old, having been used before by Apple to show off iWork '09 for the iPad, while the book is described to be 320 pages long and published by Mandl & Schwarz Verlag in December 2010. The book also appears on Germany's Amazon with the following description:

Kurzbeschreibung

Mit dem Software-Paket "iWork" bietet Apple drei Programme (oder Apps / auf dem iPad) in Einem an: Textverarbeitung, Präsentation und Tabellenkalkulation. Alle drei Programme sind 100% kompatibel zu den bekannten Office-Programmen. Dieses Buch deckt die häufigsten Fragestellungen und Aufgaben ab. Wir zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie Ihre Aufgaben mit dem iWork-Paket lösen können. Das spart Zeit und gibt Ihnen die Freiheit, selbst die Möglichkeiten der Programme zu entdecken die besten Lösungen für Ihre ganz speziellen Aufgaben zu finden und dabei auch gekonnt und übersichtlich via "iwork.com" im virtuellen Office-Team Daten auszutauschen.

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Summary

With a software package called "iWork" Apple offers three programs (or apps / on the iPad) in one: word processing, presentation and spreadsheet. All three programs are 100% compatible to the familiar Office programs. This book covers the most common questions and tasks. We show you how to solve your tasks with the iWork package. This saves time and gives you the freedom to find themselves exploring the possibilities offered by the best solutions for your specific tasks, while also skillfully and easily via "iwork.com" in the Virtual Office team to exchange data.

So. Does the release of this book portend the release of iWork '11 by the end of the year? Or is it something such as a man planning to have this book done by the time he's found his way around some sort of a bootleg copy? Or some third thing? Only Hans Dorsch knows for sure.

[Via AppleB.]