I seem to be winning the eBay bid so far, and it is a local pick up only which tends to keep the prices down. I have read around and it is definately a 'custom' version. I will be pretty happy if the price is right.
As it is mainly for university textbooks, I don't mind Mobipocket not having a bookmark function. I think I would trade that for the Wacom pen and annotation.
As far as the 9.7inch goes, I can't wait for those to be mass produced but I note that Jinke has suspended. They are stating that the mass production of the screen has been delayed:
http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/E...pro/newpro.asp . I would love one but I don't know that I want to wait for an undetermined period. I will go for an Iliad and trade up to a 9.7 - 10 inch when they hit the streets (probably have to wait 9-12 months after the US release for Australia to get them).