The amount of new ebook readers cropping up can be overwhelming, therefore we have created comparison tables which compare the models like for like.

Below are the most popular five inch ebook readers, available in the market today in the UK. As more ebook readers become available we will add them to this list.

Brand	Sony	BeBook (Endless Ideas)	Bokeen
Model	Sony Pocket Edition (PRS-300)	BeBook Mini	Cybook Opus
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Dimensions	158 × 108 × 10 mm (6.2" x 4.2" x .4")	152 × 102 × 9 mm (6" × 4" × .35")	151 × 108 × 10 mm (5.9" × 4.3" × .4")
Weight	220g (7.8oz)	160g (5.7oz)	150g (5.3oz)
Display	(76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi E Ink Vizplex	(76 × 102mm) 5" 600 × 800 pixels, 200 ppi E Ink Vizplex
Grey Levels	8	8	4
Touch Screen	no	no	no
Power	Li-Polymer	Li-Polymer 1000mAh	Li-Polymer 1000mAh
Battery Life	7500 pages	9000 pages	8000 pages
CPU	Freescale i.MXL MC9328MXLVP20 (ARM920T core, 200MHz)	Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)	Samsung® S3C2440 (ARM920T core, 400MHz)
Memory	512MB Internal (440 MB User Accessible)	32MB RAM, 512MB Internal	32MB RAM, 1GB Internal
Connections	None	SD/SDHC memory card	Micro SD/SDHC memory card
Supported Formats	BBeB (LRF/LRX), PDF, EPUB, TXT, RTF, JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG	PDF, TXT, RTF, EPUB, LIT, PPT, WOLF, DOC, CHM, FB2, HTML, DJVU, MP3, TIFF, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, RAR, ZIP	OEB-XHTML, TXT, HTML, PDF, EPUB, JPG, GIF, PNG, MP3
Supported DRM	Marlin DRM (BBeB), Adobe (EPUB/PDF)	Wolf, Adobe (EPUB/PDF)	Adobe (EPUB/PDF)
Font Sizes	3	5	12
Search / Dictionary Functions	no	no	no
Notes / annotations	no	no	no
Text To Speech	no	yes	no
Services	Sony Connect (US & Canada only)	Istation Read Man
Release Date	August 2009	September 2009	July 2009
Price	£159 / $199	£179 / $129	US$210 / 165€ / £169
Where To Buy	Waterstones.com	MyBebook.com	Pixmania.com