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The PRS-505 has decent PDF support; if they're well-made to begin with, the reflow ability makes them nicely readable. I like the 505 for conversion projects; if I've got energy, I can use BookDesigner to make nice-looking LRF files (could presumably make good ePubs, but I'm worthless at CSS); if I've got less energy, I can create custom PDFs that fit the screen exactly; if I've got less than that, RTFs with the fonts set to about 16 pt read nicely on their own.
"Best" format for novels is... there isn't one. Novels are a simple format; they look good in customized PDF, in LRF, in RTF, in Mobi, in eReader (which AFAIK no e-ink reader supports), in ePub, and so on. (Sony's ePub support has some issues, which bother some people and not others. Kindle has no ePub support.)
Best formats come in with files that have pictures, or charts, or lots of internal links. (I don't know what format that would be; I read a lot of novels, and I make a lot of custom PDFs to my preferences.)
Reformatting PDFs to the 6" screen can be troublesome; a lot depends on how the doc was originally made. Some convert very well; some are hellish. (They do not, however, get easier to deal with for the Kindle.) The Sony has the chance to read the PDFs directly, without conversion; some of the work that way. The (non-DX) Kindle has to convert them.
I'd not suggest the Cool-ER; Fry's has Sony Readers (505) cheaper than the Cool-ER. There are often sales that will get the Sony Reader at the Cool-ER price.
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