Yes, definitely (apart from the weight of a big one). We still await a killer e-ink device to read them on - even the appropriately big-screen ones are still f

Yes, definitely (apart from the weight of a big one). We still await a killer e-ink device to read them on - even the appropriately big-screen ones are still far too slow ux-wise - but even that would not quite be as good as having it to flip back and forth in your hands. I think that's one of the important differences between textbooks and fiction or articles. The latter are normally a sequential read so a bog standard Kindle or equivalent is ideal for them; textbooks you need to be more interactive. Tablets (ipads, etc) obviously have some of that, but have an inferior pure reading experience to e-ink/paper. Still paper for me for textbooks as well.