[bgalbrecht]

I don't know whether Adobe charges more for an ereader that can read both the standard Adobe encryption and the B&N encryption, but I think it's too bad that most of the ePub ereaders don't support the B&N encryption. Personally, I try to buy from Kobo because they also support syncing across devices within their walled garden (sadly, not with sideloaded books). They also have their VIP program that gives 10% off some ebooks, and a price matching program that gives 10% off the other retailer's price if it's cheaper elsewhere. Kobo doesn't support audio books on their eInk readers, but I don't listen to them, so I'm not missing anything. While I do wish that I could somehow register my ereader at every retailer, and then download wirelessly from all of them, I have bought enough books at retailers that have gone out of business and not sold their customers to another retailer, that I still would worry about my books going poof if I didn't download them and back them up myself.

One thing I don't like is that all of the retailers selling their own ereaders have dropped the external SD card readers. I have bought a lot of books from all the major retailers (or gotten free ones), and also downloaded from here and Project Gutenberg. None of the currently sold ereaders from Amazon, B&N and Kobo will hold my collection out of the box, but at least Kobo's ereaders can still be upgraded with a larger SD card if I'm willing to void the warranty.