I'm keeping a close watch on the e-reader developments since my husband has a Kindle and I'm envious. However, I've not decided on the Kindle yet as so many e-books are available in Adobe's digital edition format which the Kindle does not support. I want to do two things: buy books from an online source for my future e-reader AND I also want to be able to check e-books out from my local library. The Kindle is a dedicated shopper e-reader (even though classics are available free); no library compatibility.

Yesterday, I read about the Alex, a promising e-reader from Spring Design that they are developing in conjunction with Google. It will support the ADE (for library checkout) and also let me purchase books from Kobo http://www.kobobooks.com/ . It should be available in the next couple of months. http://www.springdesign.com/us/index.action

I also want to see the iTablet, though it will be much more than an e-reader so will have battery issues, I think.

Seems like a lot of stuff is happening right now in the world of e-readers. Can't wait for the dust to settle.
Jan