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BM, great questions! ATD, great answers!
BM, I recommend that as a tekkie dummy you not try to get the most out of your device, but rather stick with something simple for the time being. There will be a learning curve no matter what you get. You are not marrying your device. You will be free to get another in the future, and then use them both.
The Kindle is set up to make buying eBooks from Amazon very easy. For your first device, that might be the best way to go.
However, the other devices allow you to borrow books from the public library. The Philadelphia library allows anyone from outside Pennsylvania to borrow their books for $15.00 a year, and they have an excellent selection.
The jetBook Lite was introduced a year ago with the premise that it was the least expensive of all eBook readers. It is still one of the least expensive at $99 (including a leather cover) from newegg.com; and its firmware (the software that operates the device) has been improved so that it competes well with the others. Maybe buying the least expensive would be best for you to start with.
You've started looking at the right time. It is very likely that various models will be on sale Thanksgiving weekend and mid-December. I recommend that you study here as much as your time allows over the next four weeks before you pull the trigger.
Happy hunting!
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