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Who said that the kindle for PC is not a proper reader? The major difference is that dedicated readers tend to be a whole lot more portable then your netbook. I guess you found out that one of the major reasons why some people convert to electronic books is that you can get absolutely anything without leaving the privacy of your own home. But do you know about book formats? There are three major book formats epub, PDF and mobi. epub is the standard format that is understood by most all book reader with the exception of amazon's kindle which uses its own mobi format. Dont worry about getting your books in the wrong format, there is a free software program called Calibre that can translate between the book formats. The on thing that you will need to worry about is called digital rights management or DRM for short. What is DRM? Its code that is inserted into the book to prevent you from doing things that the publisher doesn't want you to do such as sharing the book or sometimes it can do undesirable things like prevent you from opening the book more than a certain number of times. DRM can be removed from books you buy with some free software on the information super highway.
In my humble opinion there is no one best reader, it really depends on what you want in a reader. Price - Amazon (starts at $89), simplicity (Kobo), great software on the reader (often called firmware - Barns and Nobles Simple Touch Nook), being able to read absolutely anything you find out on the information super highway (Pocketbook Lite).
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