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What the eink readers are good for is reading novel format eBooks. They aren't good for reading text or reference books or anything that needs color.
There are issues with content. Take Tor for example. yes it's nice that we are getting eBooks from them. But they are book 1 is a series and the others in the series are not available as eBooks. Also we get the latest eBook in a series to come out but try to find the others and they are not available. Also you go to look for a specific author's work and find some eBooks available but not all. Or you find the eBook you want in a format your device cannot read and you cannot convert. These are real issues and serious ones before eBooks can be considered a mainstream success.
Color for most eBooks is not needed at present. Sure we'd have color cover images. But that's not a big deal. When we get devices good enough for books that need color then it can be considered an issue (maybe).
One problem can very easily go away. If all reading devices standardized on one format then we could purchase any eBook as they'd all be compatible. I'm thinking ePub as the format as it's new enough to not have some of the flaws that the older formats such as eReader or Mobipocket have. But, until that happens, we are stuck with a leaning tower of eBable waiting to fall over.
But for the eBooks that I am interested in and am reading, I do enjoy my 505. The screen is easy to view and the device easy to hold. I would like a larger screen at some point in the future. But what I have now will do fine. The tools I have for content conversion make it easy enough to get eBooks released in other formats. So I'll have eBooks that I can convert to whatever my next device supports. So I'm all set for the future.
The article doesn't say anything new. Just says the same old things in a very bland way.
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