Kind of yeah. The book clubs I know have avid readers that gather at a book store to discuss, but actively purchase the books online before hand because cost and availability
I will however argue that textbooks are straight-up better in the apple books thing. Graphics and footnotes handle like crap in comparison on the kindle. I don't know why as it doesn't appear to be a technical limitation—maybe it's a format thing? Regardless, You'd get like 95% of the benefit with a pdf, though.