[Operator23]

Here's the sort of books I have in digital formats in addition to assorted fiction:

Technical manuals (like O'Reilly books)
Rulebooks (RPGs)
Manga

Generally, I know that I should be able to convert fiction for any reader, since I can typically get my hands on plaintext. I also understand that black and white handdrawn images - manga and other comics particularly - look nice and clear. However, the first two categories are usually PDFs, sometimes image-heavy - rulebooks will sometimes have illustrations and not have any part actually in text, and also frequently be in two columns.

Now, I'm fine with converting things as much as needs be to make them work, so long as it's something I can put on autopilot *somehow*.

Another thing I'm curious about that is that while most readers support HTML, how they support links (if they do at all) is generally not explained.

For portability, I'm in the market for a small reader. I'm also on Linux and don't care for fighting or supporting things that need me to mess with bizarre proprietary formats, so Sony and the Kindle are out.

What has stood out to me:

Hanlin V3 - some people say this works nicely with PDFs, but the more I read the less I like.
M218B - Apparently it's on sale for $300 - shipped - in the States - for Christmas. I think it sounds pretty good, though I can't find explanations of how the Internet functionality works anywhere.

Price is not so much an issue, but size is - I'm not taking anything over 9" in the largest dimension, period. This doesn't rule much out.

Also, not afraid of tinkering - I bought two GP2X's back in the day and set up a dev environment (Not that I ever did anything with it...).

Anyway, thoughts, opinions? Has anyone actually used the the wifi functionality on the M218B, and can anyone say what's good for PDFs?