Jeremy Gerard

Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire has understandably dominated the e-reader buzz this holiday season. Not everyone, though, wants all the bells and whistles, or the bulk and expense, of a full-on color tablet. They just want an e-reader in order to, you know, read. For these folks, Amazon and Barnes & Noble Inc. have released updated versions of their monochrome e-readers. Meanwhile, Sony Corp., which introduced its latest Sony Reader earlier in the year, has slashed its price twice this month, to the point where you may be able to get one for as little as