Haven't really read the thread - sorry - but just wanted to quickly say that I am about done with this silly notion of not having books on PDF. It's gotten really frustrating, and there have not been any explicit, in-depth reasons given for why this isn't happening - only that it isn't happening. I thought I'd be fine but I've gotten so used to using PDFs while gaming that not having them is really starting to make playing the game frustrating. It just makes everything take 10x longer, and when you're used to moving quickly it makes 5.0 really, really drag.
People keep saying something about Dungeonscape... Yeah. I'm one of the beta testers and my impression is that it ...leaves a lot to be desired. If that is their PDF replacement they are sorely mistaken.
Preach on, brother!
If they hear it enough, maybe they'll grow a clue.