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I don't think you're going to find fonts that draw ideally on current screens. Since stepping up to the newer generation of E-Ink Vizplex (Pearl) a while ago, I found that a lot of middling or even mediocre fonts could be decent to look at, assuming a willingness to sacrifice some of the subtler details. Sadly, the resolution just isn't there for my ideal font sizes to be properly displayed, but I've since learned to play nice with sizes between 10pt and 11pt without too much issue.
Many of the slabs and semibolds are a bit too dense for me to enjoy looking at for a long time, though they are admittedly more visible in poor viewing conditions. I think Caecilia works alright, but my preferred wedge/slab is still Chaparral Pro Caption. When I do my own PDFs these days, my go-to fonts are still Arno Pro (SmText, slightly prefer it to Caption), Garamond Premier Pro (Caption), and Chaparral Pro (Caption). Those three fonts cover most of the stylistic bases for the kinds of books I read. I also use Scala on occasion for certain kinds of text, and I think it can be pulled off with the newest E-Ink. I'm hoping the next generation opens up even more opportunities.
Many fonts look just fine, but sometimes certain letters like "a" and "g" look really out of place, and sometimes the subtle angles and tapers in beautiful fonts just don't play well on-screen.
I'm afraid I'm probably not going to be able to contribute too much, but here are some quick screenshots to show a few of my preferred fonts...I don't think the gif screens are that great a reference, but they're convenient to make.
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