Quick update. My brother and sister each bought a literati and the latest firmware makes it a rather nice (for $40) ereader. Battery life isn't great (about what you would expect from an lcd backlit device) and loading 3rd party books is a tad difficult, but the Kobo bookstore is implemented well and Calibre seems to fix most side loading issues. (There are several other small "quirks" like the cover partially covers the power button, syncing the reader doesn't always work the first time you try, etc, but I am going to get one for myself.)
There is a small "hack" for it outlined at this thread;
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=113151. I just set it to go to "http://www.google.com/webhp?rls=ig" and search for whatever site I want from there.