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You could say I have three readers. I first bought a 6" Astak Mentor because NewEgg went nuts and put on sale for less than 50% list. It's nice for regular e-Books but is difficult to impossible to use for reading my image only PDF books (which are the majority of my e-books). I liked the idea of the 5" Jetbook Lite being able to use AAs since I cart a bunch of Eneloops around for my cameras, etc. and changing low or dead batteries on the fly would be a cinch plus it had a zoom that might enable me to better read my PDF books. When NewEgg put it on sale with free shipping, I jumped on it. It works about as well as can be expected but doesn't seem to be as well built as the Mentor and I miss the 6" screen. A tablet would be ideal but battery life is less than stellar and they are too big for my purse. I'm hanging on to both since the Mentor is nice and I might be able to change the firmware someday and there is the ability to swap batteries in the JBL. Which one I'll carry will depend on what I'm going to be reading at the time.
My third "reader" is my computer displaying on my TV. Perfect for when I'm reading in bed. When I move out of my present digs into a travel trailer, I'll be able to send my computer's display to the two TVs I'll have (one in the living room and one in the bedroom) so it will be easy to read anywhere in the house (except the loo and I normally don't read in there anyway; too busy doing something else).
I have a netbook but due to the long bootup times and limited battery life, it's not really practical as a reader although it could be pressed into service if needed, especially if AC is available.
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