[femme gauche]

Yup it is in the same family as a Nook or a Kindle but cheaper than a Nook and freer, format-wise than a Kindle. I bought some books on Google books because they were cheaper there than in the Kobo store. I can't sync my place when I do that, but I can still read them on the reader as well as on google books. One of the things I think is cool is that it keeps track of your reading stats - how long it takes you to read a book, your average time per session, how many books you've read - and gives "achievements" and also the ability to post to facebook a certain line and commentary, or share your achievements, etc...

I'd be weirded out by that... I need to be able to smell and taste the tea, the descriptions by themselves don't really give me much of a picture of what it would be like, but... It is still a cool concept. There isn't a Teavana nearby, haha.