[Kilarney]

Thanks for the advice. I read Cnet's review of the Sony Reader, and focused on the paragraph that said that navigation with the Sony Reader was clunky. I went back and re-read it, and it really isn't as bad as I thought. I do, however, have some issues with its ability to display PDF files.

The biggest problem for me is that I've searched the Connect site, and there just isn't that much out there. Assuming it is legal for me to covert LIT format books, isn't it reasonable to assume that this may not work if Microsoft makes some changes. I'd hate to buy a machine only to have the functionality taken away.

Which gets me back to my Chinese E-Reader question. Any advice on machines available there?

Between Adobe, LIT, Mobipocket, Connect, etc, I really get the feeling that were in a Betamax-VHS type war. I'd hate to pick the wrong format and have a useless machine at some point. My very informal survey seems to suggest that LIT is one of the stronger formats out there. Do any e-ink devices have native support for LIT?