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Dealing with minor details - like who gets an ereader that possibly no one wants - is one of the reasons why we have executors on wills. Generally there is no need to say who gets what book out of your collection* - unless you want to, but see the next paragraph - that aspect can be dealt with between the executor(s) and beneficiaries of the estate when the time comes. The most important part, as the OP covers, is to ensure that the executors have access to everything needed to do that.
Those that have built specifically valuable collections may want to make specific provision for the collection as a whole, but rarely for individual items in the collection because that becomes a maintenance nightmare while you're still alive, and an administrative nightmare for the executor(s). Keep it simple and you will improve your chances of having the distribution of your estate go smoothly. (Or to phrase this another way: have some sympathy for those that have to deal with your estate and don't make it unnecessarily complicated for them, things will be hard enough as it is.)
* For the moment speaking of paper books on the assumption that ebooks might one day be treated similarly.
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