Hi Herb,
I just talked to some guy at the bookstore a few minutes ago. I was calling to order a book. He did not seem to know much about this, but he said it is a Sony. He said it is $299 but that a new version is coming out for $399.
Well, I went to Sony's website and this is the best I could do to find info. But I will confess that I only spent about a minute looking. The guy said "e-reader" but I did not see that word on the site. It might be there somewhere though.
One of the things I was trying to figure out was if the different ones limit where you can get the books. I would think you would want broad access to titles and not just something that is proprietary. I am not sure if that is the case. I did not research far enough to find out. With the Kindle being Amazon, that would be a good sign I would think. But the lighting of the screen would be important, too.
Maybe it is early in the game and they have not figured out stuff quite yet.
This is all so new. It does seem to require a bunch of homework.
But here's the link that I found that might help you start a further search if you are interested in what may be the competition.
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921644523779
Boomer