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When I read a history textbook, I don't just underline & highlight (which e-readers do just fine). I write notes in the margins. I bracket sections. I add sub-headings. I stick post-it notes on the tops of pages. I easily flip back and forth among pages & chapters that I've modified to help me remember.
E-readers offer digital equivalents of most of these actions, but the overall sum of the parts doesn't come close to the ease & effectiveness of a paper textbook.
I can't understand forcing students to use e-textbooks at this point in time. Perhaps in the future, but e-textbooks aren't yet good enough.
P.S. - I should say that I used to use textbooks in this way. School is in my misty past.
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