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In this morning’s Wall Street Journal, there is an extensive discussion and review of nine different e-Readers.  It’s a good article that addresses both the popularity of the devices as well as their limitations and potential drawbacks.  The article starts with:

“Books are having their iPod moment this holiday season. But buyer beware: It could also turn out to be an eight-track moment.”

I’m still looking for a way to get eight-track music that I bought in the 70s converted to MP3.  I certainly don’t want to have to do something similar with e-books that I buy!  That’s the primary reason that I read my e-books on my Tablet PC.

The list of the e-Readers compared in the article includes:

• Amazon Kindle
• Amazon Kindle DX
• Barnes & Noble Nook
• Cooler Reader
• Irex DR 800SSG
• Plastic Logic Que
• Sony Reader Pocket Edition
• Sony Reader Touch Edition
• Sony Reader Daily Edition

The article cites many anecdotal facts including,

“Many people seem perfectly happy reading books on their PCs: Reading Web site Scribd.com, which offers millions of amateur and professional works, is attracting 50 million readers each month. LibreDigital Inc., a distributor of e-books for publishers, says the overwhelming majority of e-book buyers are women who read e-books on an ordinary computer screen, mostly between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. A growing number of readers are also perusing books on cellphones.”

The article can be found here or here for a cached copy.  The comparison graphic can be found here.