I wanted to stop in and say "Hello!" and that I really appreciate all of the info I have been gathering from this site! I'm still in research mode before I make the final decision on which eBook reader I will go with, and everyone's comments have been very helpful!
I've narrowed it down to the Sony (505 or 700), BeBook or Astak's EZ Reader.
I'm a displaced city dweller (think Green Acres) living in a barn under, well... transformation, homeschooling my daughter. As a home educator I have acquired lots of eBooks (my first experience with them) from various sources in PDF format. On first discovering eBook readers, my initial thought was that reading required a book in my hand for the full experience, and I brushed it off. Then I went on a trip with my totebag loaded with all of the books and magazines I might want to read. What a load! And suddenly an eBook reader sounded very interesting! And printing out all of those eBooks on PDF seemed like a real waste of paper! Well, I've gone on too long and the questions I still have will be better suited to other forums!
P.S. My 10 yr-old daughter thinks eBook readers are the coolest!
I'm glad that companies are looking to capture the techno-tweens, teens and such!