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Originally Posted by erictoma
I think that eReaders are not suitable for kids from 8 to 10 in my opinion.
1- Electronic devices are easily broken if not handled carefully.
2- Most of the eReaders require hands dexterity, tiny buttons, rubber pads.
3- Ereaders can contain a lot of titles in the same time, even adults find themselves jumping from one novel to another without even completing one.
4- Ereaders require the ability of reading English in order to perform simple task like browsing navigation from menus
5- Ereaders also require knowledge to resolve bugs, to store ebooks make notation ect
6- they tend to freeze, even adults will past their entire days calling customer services
7- they are expensive, you will have to pay at least 1000 dollars for your kids.
8- Your kids will have territorial fights between them, you cannot duplicate the ebooks, you have to buy the same ebooks 7 times or you face some domestic dispute .
Because you seem to be a rich person  I recommend you to hire an employee who can oversee all those gadgets at your home and can pass his month calling customer services and fixing bugs.
Kids like to run to jump , let them have fun and take maximum benefit of their childhood. |
-If her kids are reading chapter books then I think they are able to grasp navigational instructions etc.
-She is only buying for two kids right now so I dont think it will be 1000$ for ereaders
-The ereaders I'm familiar with, Sony, can share books between ereaders so you don't need to purchase the same title multiple times. (My 650 & 300 have the same titles on them, purchased only once)
-Any trouble shooting issues I'm presuming the adults in the household will be able to resolve
That being said to the OP maybe invest in the most basic model of e-reader until you know determine your child will take great care of it
I just got a older but still model of Sony for 99$CDN (the PRS-300) which a great size for smaller hands and can handle multiple formats including overdrive. It doesn't have wifi but its a feature that I can take or leave. It holds approximately 350 books and I find it user friendly. I'll be picking one up for my hubby this weekend.
I'm also buying a Kindle 3 for my son for Xmas but he is 22 and will appreciate the wifi and since he doesn't always have computer access he'll still be able to purchase books in a hotspot.
Good luck in your decision and I hope your children will enjoy whatever readers you decide on