E-Reader Purchasing: Browser?

[littleisle.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm new (and very grateful for) this community because I love reading and would like to purchase and e-reader.

I have 2 main inquiries:

1) I'm still deciding which e-reader would suit me best, and since I mostly read fanfiction online (thought there are some which I do save), I was wondering which e-reader would do the job most efficiently.

I looked around the internet a few times, as well as called to inquire about several different e-readers, and I've been circling around 3 main ones:

- The Kobo Touch
- The Kindle Touch
- The Sony Reader Wifi

When I've looked around for answers about their browser functions, most of them were similar: The browser is limited but workable.

Thus my question is, which e-reader can best function if I were to go read fanfiction/blogs online? If I were, let's say, to go to livejournal, insanejournal, dreamwidth, archive of our own or simply just browse in google for fanfiction?

2) Which e-reader can best allow me to organize and read pdf files (or are there files that I convert to read my fanfiction downloads better?)

Thanks!

Comments

[sassyinkpen.livejournal.com]

I have a Nook Color which I hacked to run the Android tablet software off an SD card, and I can FINALLY use it for fanfiction the way I always wanted to.

As it was, it was great for reading for fanfic that I'd saved either off LJ, or off AO3 and other places, and that was super easy to do, and looked nice. The main problem there was that I had no file magagement capabilities directly on the Nook (I wanted to be able to move or delete stories as I read them.)

NOW - I use MoonReader+ (app) which DOES allow me to move, rename or delete files on the fly. AND with Dolphin Broswer, I can actually download stories directly ON the Nook that I can then read offline.

I LOVE it!

[littleisle.livejournal.com]

For MoonReader+ then, do I need to hack my e-reader or tablet?

[sassyinkpen.livejournal.com]

I believe you do. It's an Android platform app. I'm not sure if it would work on an unhacked Nook Color or not - several Android apps do, but because B&N set it up that way, so it's the ones they want.

Hacking it isn't all that hard, it just takes a little research, an SD card, and about an hour or so. I could find the link I used if you (or anyone reading) is interested.

[littleisle.livejournal.com]

Yes please!

[sassyinkpen.livejournal.com]

http://forums.androidcentral.com/barnes-noble-nook-color/105519-how-download-run-cm7-off-sd-card-easy-follow-no-root.html#anb

You can read most of it, but you have to register to see the links. He's got links to all the little programs and components you need.

You really do need to read his whole guide first, and I'd read the last several pages of comments too, to see what people are saying. I don't think you need to read the whole thread, it's very long.

[sassyinkpen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if it's going to let you read my commnet with the link - it says it marked it as SPAM

[littleisle.livejournal.com]

I could read it :)
Thank you so much for the information! It was extremely helpful!