Couple of new things, first I now have a Sony PRS-505 Ebook Reader this is a great little unit that allow you to download ebooks and take them with you. The supplied software does not have a lot of belles and whistles as far as conversion of book formats goes but I have found a nice software package called Calibre that does a great job of allowing you to convert multiple formats to be useable on the Reader.
Battery life is great, I recently took it for a week to maui spent at least 3 hour per day reading it while on the beach as well as having enogh power to last for both the flights on a single charge, I read about 12 novels during this time.
I would highly recommend this model for any avid reader.