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Many publishers of academic stuff do have "ebook" copies, but I do use that very loosely. Many have different, proprietary formats, that are incompatible with ebook readers. Some, like Macmillan, have their "ebooks" (I use that term extremely loosely) as webpages that you have to log into. I've been in Uni for 4 years, and have had exactly one ebook that was in a format my reader could use (Adobe ADEPT PDF). Many of the textbook formats are Windows only, and a handful support Mac as well. I remember I had a Linux class, and the ebook used a Windows only app to read it, and wasn't compatible with any portable device.
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