[andym]

I can't bring myself to use Kindle - having bought a number of MobiPocket DRM'ed books I am hacked off that amazon won't provide a way for me to read these on Kindle.

I like Stanza a lot but unfortunately it doesn't support DRM'ed books.

I like Kobo too but I can't work out whether (and if so how) how I can read DRm'ed books that I haven't bought from Kobo. Good highlighting, and an english dictionary. I like the fact that it supports Instapaper although I haven't used that facility.

While Bluefire isn't perfect, it does let me read Adobe DRM'ed books I've bought online and does seem to be genuinely independent - and I can buy Spanish and Italian books direct (well, sort-off) direct from the iPod.Setting it up and getting my iPod authorised was easy (I never managed to do this with TXTR - the fact that the help files were in German didn't help - presumably they've sorted this).

Unfortunately you have to sync book purchases manually via iTunes - which is a pain.

As for iBooks - I'm sure I must be missing something, but there doesn't seem to be anyway to buy books via iTunes - although it does sync book purchases. But the fact that I only seem to be able to read books bought via the app/or Apple is a bit of a no-no for me.