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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's what the OP is asking - what reference books that are not currently available as eBooks, would you like to see as eBooks?
For me it would be the "Oxford Classical Dictionary" - an extremely large and heavy hardback volume that would be perfect on the iPad.
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Actually, you can subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary (i.e. 20 vol set) online for $300 a year. You can also get it on CD. I bought the CD some years ago and the access program isn't very good. Don't know if they have improved it or not.
The ODE is available as an iPad app. Not quite the same thing, but pretty good.
I'm not sure how well the OED would work as an ebook. Certainly I don't know how many people would pay that much money for an ebook.
In my field, computer programming, most reference books are available as ebooks. I use to have a shelf of books at work, now I just use safari online books from O'Reilly (sp). I've had a subscription with them for years, so I was able to download most of the books that I use on a daily basis over time.