Im looking into getting one, and getting some ebooks, probably most legit (support authors!!)

However, the one i was interested in, a Sony one is £199. So i figured that's out of the question, and decided to look at other alternatives. What I discovered is that this is actually the cheapest reader available, so I'm gonna have to wait until beginning of next month (18th Bday=Major moneys) until I can afford any ebook reader (and I will probably get that one). But, it begs the question, why are they so expensive, since the technology itself is fairly inexpensive, and most are based on Linux as well...