[Laurelle00]

Here goes again for a second attempt at replying: Mobama, thanks so much for the recommendation! I've checked out the Vivlio, and it looks like a great product, but seems to ship only from France. I will keep it in mind for sure for the future.

DNSB, thanks also for your recommendations. Indeed, I was thinking of the Kobo Libra H20. From perusing these forums, it seems that the Libra is
1) best for library books/overdrive (including overdrive outside the US), and library books are what I mostly read (I do not really purchase many books);
2) relatively better for PDF reading (of which I'd like to do a little, not a lot - but definitely the capability is important);
3) better for annotations/highlighting (no handwritten notes necessary);
4) has neat capabilities like saving news articles for later reading.
Would you concur with this? Or would the Paperwhite, which is admittedly cheaper (and lacks the page-turning buttons, which are nice but not a game changer), be just as good for my purposes?

Also, if I can: would it be possible on any of these devices to save a few excerpts from a library book, to a note section or such on the e-reader, and to keep these highlighted or underlined sections *even after* the book is returned? I've been dreaming about that for years, but with my 10-year-old Nook, never got that far.

Thanks a bunch!