coffeeandink has just posted
Ereader Basics (9/30/2011), which includes many tips on how to shop for an ereader for someone getting their first ereader.
coffeeandink's post is intended to add additional information to Ana Mardoll's
eReader: Device Comparison Shopping (9/15/2011), because "some of the information in the post is obsolete. (The post is two weeks old. Yes, things are moving that fast.)"