Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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I don't need music, backlight or any other crap. I just need an electronic alternative to a pocketbook or a textbook, so that when I go out, on holiday or to school(!), I can take an x number of ebooks with me and read. As a decent alternative, it would have as much text on 1 page as a regular pocket (saying the LIBRI?ets you show 10000 pages doesn't mean much if you don't know how much text can be shown on 1 page) and the batteries should last at least the length of 10 books. It should, of course, have no DRM and be able to show all types of documents, including PDF, lit, text, html, .doc etc.
And one really, really, really important thing: the device should be very durable.
The important part is the price. $300+ for an ebookreader is insane. I will buy one once they drop below $100.
By the way, otakucode is out of his mind. In 2004, net book sales (only part of the publishing industry) were $23.7 billion. If that's a niche industry, I am a helicopter.