Yee-hah! It's come back to life!
The media.xml file was corrupted. Windows Explorer detected the problem and removed the file. I ran the Sony software while plugged into USB, and it recreated the file. Aside from placemarks and notes being gone (a very minor inconvenience), I'm back up and reading--and deeply relieved and grateful.
Still don't know what happened with the PDA, except maybe its battery coincidentally chose that moment to die.
This does point out a risk of having all of your reading eggs in electronic baskets, though!
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