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Given that the stated primary purpose is to read library books, I would say that all this discussion of wifi is irrelevant to the OP. What he (and she) should be considering is what features she *is* likely to use (touchscreen is the most obvious difference), and how important design is to her. I prefer the clean lines of the Sony over the Nook, although had the Kobo been out where and when I was looking, it would have been a close shave. The best thing, given they are in the US and have easy access, would be for them to visit a store, Best Buy or whichever, that stocks a few different brands and get a feel for the physical object.
My primary use of my Sony is reading free material, whether it's from Gutenberg or other PD, the occasional contemporary freebie, or my library. While I would consider myself tech-savvy, I generally don't fiddle with stuff just because I feel like it. I find ADE and the sony library easy to use and haven't yet felt the need for Calibre.
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