I experimented with e books twice (magazines actually) One is on my ipad (archology) and I haven't finished it in three years, one (quilt) was in the cloud somewhere and I never saw it again, it needed a password that came with the magazine.
I see the one you want is under 10 dollars with free shipping. I'd go for the real thing if I was buying books still, which I'm not. (can't read the print)