The prices have really come down on e-readers. I have an old Nook with the bottom touchscreen. Not really impressed as it was slow to do everything and the battery life wasn't much.

I picked up a Kindle when the price went down and really like it but missed the touch screen aspect as I have an iPad. I like the e-ink format and found the new Nook to be a great buy. It's completely touch screen and super fast. Both Kindle and the new Nook fit into my purse for easy reading.

Out of curiosity I picked up the Pandigital Nova tablet (I have a thing for electronics) as it has the Android system and is great for backlighting but extremely overpriced. Since Android doesn't have a direct link to Amazon's Kindle I had to go around the back way and install it. If you truly need a tablet, there are better ones out there if you are willing to pay for them. Love my iPad.