I'm interested in e-book readers, but whenever I start to look into them, I always feel overwhelmed. It seems like every brand has its own proprietary formats, some of which are compatible with other brands, others which are not, and these byzantine format disparities precipitate into other usability areas like the ability to check out library books, share books with friends, whether or not a company can just nick your books back off of your e-reader, and so on.

And that's already too much for me to parse before you even get into the merits of e-ink vs. LCDs, various touchscreen options, note-taking, 3g/wifi access, and so on.

Looking up comparisons between brands always turn out fruitless because new models come out with such frequency that any comprehensive comparison across brands you find is already out of date and full of holes.

I guess what I'm getting at here is: folks here with e-readers, how did you eventually decide on the one you got?