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I am a professor at a university. I too wasn't excited about ebooks as textbooks. However, I may be changing my mind.
This semester I was forced to upgrade editions on a book I am using -- of course nothing really changed, but that is another discussion. Since it was a brand new edition, the book was only available as new and it cost students $140. Just after the semester started I found a digital/online copy for $70. Most students had already purchased the paper copy, but a few were able to buy the ebook and reported that they loved it.
Yes, it expires in six months but some students tell me that they were able to save it to pdf. Others printed it out -- I'm not so sure that the printing costs really make this a bargain, but my university offers free printing to students. Furthermore, this is a class where most students will likely sell the text back, not keep it.
Reading electronically seems to be no problem for the students, and the search capability is a real bonus.
MLH
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