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Old 03-10-2011, 04:41 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by amo View Post
Excellent points. Large print books are horribly expensive (something like $40 for a book that costs $5 in a regular-print paperback). Also, ereaders are small and lightweight; one of the problems older people can have with LP books is that they're so big & heavy, which makes them hard to hold. With an ereader, you can have large print in light weight.

As for the text-to-speech, that could replace (or supplement) the audiobook collection; again, audiobooks are prohibitively expensive. Two or three books-on-CD being replaced with one Sony reader, you've got your money back.
Good point about the large print books, The dome in hardcover is over 1200 pages in regular print I can't imagine what it would be like in large print paper-back.
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