BoyGenius presents what is probably the new Kindle e-book reader. The Kindle 2 is apparently longer and wider than the original, but thinner. It has better buttons, a joystick, recharge by miniUSB and downloads via EV-DO.
…seemingly unsullied by professional product designers.
Amazon Kindle 2 e-books its way to BGR - BGR, Oct 3 2008

Sony announces their latest e-book reader, model PRS-700.
As compared to the preceding PRS-505, Sony’s made the PRS-700 a touch screen, thus eliminating the column of 10 buttons along the right side of the screen. Price goes up to about $400, making the PRS-700 $100 more expensive than the 505, but then you get touch-based page [...]

iRex intro’s their Digital Reader family of eBook appliances. The top of the iRex 1000 series is the DR 1000 SW ebook reader, selling for $849.
10.2 inch 1024×1280 pixel eInk 16 GrayScale 160 dpi display
10.6×8.5×0.5 inches and 1.25 lbs -or- 27×21.7×1.2 cm and 570 grams
WIFI and Bluetooth (SW model only) [...]

The new Plastic Logic Reader is an e-book reader intended for reading full-size business documents.
uses E-Ink
same size weight and thickness as a pad of paper
battery life of days
1/3 weight of macbook air
some competition for Kindle and the Sony Reader in 2Q2009
video of Richard Archuleta, CEO Plastic Logic demoing the device…

Stephen King the horror novel author, has just finished reading the book In Pale Battalions, by Robert Goddard, but did so with one of those new Kindle eBook reader thingys from Amazon. His money quote: “The Kindle isn’t as gratifying as a good book narrated by a great reader…but for what it is, it’s just [...]