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Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb
For my grandsons I have looked at the Vtech VReader. It is really nice and Walmart has it bundled with a carrying case and 6 download books for $50. My confusion is that all the other books seem to be in cartridge form, selling for $20 each. I need to do a bit more research to see if other books can be downloaded cheaper.
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I've briefly looked at this for my daughter (who is way too young for this yet, but I'm super excited about it). As far as I can tell, it requires cartridges for the books, which is what ruled it out for me.
The other thing I had looked at was
Disney Digital Books, which you need a computer (and internet?) to access, and it's subscription-based. So it's not as portable as the Vtech (unless you have a netbook), but it's a very cool idea. I haven't been able to figure out the pricing yet; the site is impossible to navigate. Do you pay for a subscription AND pay for the books? If you stop paying the sub, do you lose the books you "purchased"?
EDIT: using Google (the site was worthless) I was able to determine that Disney Digital Books costs $8.95/month and it appears that gives you access to all their books. If you stop paying, you lose access to the content.
http://disneydigitalbooks.go.com/dig...b/siteinfo/faq