The "book edition" doesn't have the WiFi connection, but is otherwise the same.
As a graduate student, I use my iLiad to read articles from JStore all the time. It also has very nice annotation features. I got mine half-price, used, from someone who decided they wanted a smaller ebook reader. You might try eBay or post in the "flea market" section to see if someone has a used one they want to sell. You might also contact iRex and see if they have any refurbished units for sale. Or see if maybe you can talk iRex into doing some kind of study at your university where they loan some units to students and monitor their experiences. Sony is doing that with a US university right now, so maybe you could get them interested.
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