iPad mini for textbooks?

<p>Anyone use an iPad or iPad mini for textbooks instead of buying physical books? My IR major D has a MacBook Pro already, and for 2nd year is considering an iPad mini for textbooks etc.
Any experiences, good or bad?</p>

<p>DD bought one for textbook use last spring. She has been happy with it. She was nervous about the size but felt the regular iPad was too big.</p>

<p>The textbook software left a little to be desired … But that has nothing to do with the iPad mini.</p>

<p>Thanks! Were the ebooks significantly cheaper than textbooks? And was everything she needed available for the iPad mini? Seems like over time if they are cheaper, it would be worth the cost of an iPad mini.
Anyone else?</p>

<p>I think the etextbooks are priced at about half the cost of traditional new textbooks and are a subscription for the duration of your class … so they cannot be sold. It seems to me that the big benefit is the ability to have everything on one small device rather than carrying around large books.</p>

<p>Not everything is available as an etext and there are a couple of competing formats … kind of like nook vs. kindle for regular ebooks.</p>