Transplanting a Seattleite

If your goal is the ability to deal with library books "easily", all the e-readers are likely to lose your interest pretty quickly. The Nook can cope with the format used by most public libraries; however, the process of getting things onto the Nook drives even the fans nuts.

Mayberry's (<-- not the actual town name) library has a few kindles that they load books onto and then loan out. That at least solves all the technical problems.