More on E-books in higher ed

E-books and Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/23/ereaders
The results are in from the first survey of students who used the E–reader for course work. They felt the inability to highlight and to open many documents at once was a problem. They did enjoy using them for outside reading, but many preferred textbooks for school work.

Publishers are now getting into the act too:
http://chronicle.com/article/Format-War-Heats-Up-Among/64323/ “Major textbook publishers are firing the first shots in a format war over their electronic editions, with several players hoping to control distribution to students and to make used textbooks extinct in a future they see as increasingly digital.”