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18 ereaders>1 Library?

Describes a new technology Kindle is coming out with to allow easy management of large quantities of devices. It also allows for easy integration of BYOD. Seems cool.

The Foundation for Learning Equality is working to get content to the 65% of the world who live without internet. Currently their only project involves offlining Khan Academy lectures and loading them on SD cards which can be loaded onto Raspberry Pi servers and sent along with e-readers to anywhere in the world. To me, this seems like an incredible opportunity to simultaneously address quality and access issues in remote parts of the world, though I don't think Khan Academy's content is necessarily the best. As a technological innovation, however, I think there is a real possibility to scale this, insofar as there are on-the-ground resources in each location facilitating the learning on the e-readers. Does anybody have any critique or insight to curb my excitement?

What are some possibilities for e-books in math? Is it realistic to believe this will entice students to read more? How interactive are these e-books?