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The most popular "future proof" ebook strategy, which requires a Windows PC, is to buy LIT ebooks, break their DRM using ConvertLIT and then format shift to the DRM-free format of choice for the target device. In the case of the Cybook, this would be MOBI and on a Windows PC you can use MobiPocket Windows Reader/Creator to do the conversion. Or, on any PC, you can use the Perl script lit2mobi to do the conversion. The Hanlin can read DRM-free LIT directly.
If buying LIT ebooks on a Windows PC isn't an option, there are two good alternatives:
a) Buy Secure MOBI ebooks (lots of sites). Readable directly on the Cybook, may soon be readable directly on the Hanlin. Can be read today on the Hanlin if you use the Python script mobidedrm to break the DRM. Once it is DRM-free, MOBI is also readable on a Mac using Stanza.
b) Buy Secure eReader ebooks (directly from FictionWise, who now own eReader). Use eReader's reader software on the Mac. Break the DRM using the Python script ereader2html and read the resulting HTML on Cybook or Hanlin.
The 6" Astak Mentor has been delayed several times, but is now due in late September. It will be the first EInk device to support Secure eReader ebooks.
Given your desire for dictionary support, the Bookeen and Secure MOBI may be your best choice. You can buy MOBI ebooks from any web browser on any machine. MOBI is widely supported, but since mobidedrm can break their DRM your ebooks are safe even if MobiPocket isn't supported on your next device.
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