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@adhrc. I don't have an iriver Story but a sony prs-505. The screen is Vizplex, same as the Pocketbook and the iriver. I find the Pocketbook's clearer, maybe because it's bigger but it is a slight improvement. Changing fonts is trivial with fbreader and coolreader, so you can choose a bold font if you want to get a better contrast. As far as I know, you can't do that with pdfviewer or Adobe viewer which are the applications you'd use for pdf files.
I read pdf files on my Pocketbook, I can usually find a zoom percentage which it's both readable and allows me to fit a whole page on the screen. Sometimes they are only legible with reflowing, losing the format, drawings, etc. No big deal for me, my pdfs are pure text, but it does matter if you are reading code. Also, I don't know why, but with some files the text is far too pale to be easily read and I have to convert them.
Frankly, pdf files work *lots* better on a computer or a tablet. If they are the only reason you are considering buying an ebook reader, I'd tell you to reconsider it. Yes, you can convert them to epub but it takes time to get a good result. Calibre's automatic conversion is not at its best when the source is a pdf. Ebook readers are wonderful devices if you've got poor eyesight, except with pdf files.
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