Heavens - you're terribly negative about it all, nairbv. I'm sure you'd be happy with any eInk device; I'm owned a few, and they've all been great. I have a CyBook at the moment which, for me, is the best yet.
Bookeen have been in the eBook reader business longer than any other manufacturer in the business - I think it's somewhat unlikely that they'll go "belly up at any moment"
. In what way do you find them "unresponsive", may I ask?