I use a Fujitsu P7000 series ultra-portable laptop and Mobipocket (boo, hiss) for my "solution". It's not optimal but works well enough that I put up with its shortcomings (middling battery life, noise and heat).
At work, we have a fairly comprehensive collection of eBook tech and none of the devices work as well as my little laptop. The Sony PRS-500 reader comes close, but the folks who developed its interface were dropped on their heads as children or something. Notably, if you don't bookmark what page you were on prior to closing the cover, you'll reopen the reader to a random page. And navigating around is painful. A pageflip cycles the entire page to black and then draws the next page - a process that takes just over a second (doesn't sound too bad, but is REALLY annoying if you're searching through the book to find where you left off). The reader also wants to be an MP3 player and fails at that too (noisy amplifier). It also wants some sort of frontlight so you can read it in bed (or on the plane).
I'd cheerfully maim for a decent eBook reader
At work, we have a fairly comprehensive collection of eBook tech and none of the devices work as well as my little laptop. The Sony PRS-500 reader comes close, but the folks who developed its interface were dropped on their heads as children or something. Notably, if you don't bookmark what page you were on prior to closing the cover, you'll reopen the reader to a random page. And navigating around is painful. A pageflip cycles the entire page to black and then draws the next page - a process that takes just over a second (doesn't sound too bad, but is REALLY annoying if you're searching through the book to find where you left off). The reader also wants to be an MP3 player and fails at that too (noisy amplifier). It also wants some sort of frontlight so you can read it in bed (or on the plane).