Ipad textbooks aren;t really any better than the old fashioned way of buying textbooks because up front, they seem to cost much less. But then you take a closer look, and realize that they cannot be reused from year to year. So every single year you have to buy them again. There is no way to keep them and store them on the Ipad. So if you fail a class, or if 2 or more people are sharing their Ipad, it makes it very difficult and just as pricy as buying the hard cover books.