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Originally Posted by queentess
I don't think a run-of-the-mill fiction ebook is necessarily appropriate for a kid. I would have never just picked up a giant book in the library, why would I expect my child to do on an ereader just because that's how I read? When my daughter's ready to read short, all text books (maybe around 2nd or 3rd grade? Judy Blume and all that?), then I'll see if she wants to read on a device. If they're cheap enough and I can trust her not to destroy it.
The "we're the last generation of readers" is a load of BS. I'm sure my parents were saying the same thing about how video games and tv were mindless and rotting my brain, but here I am. I go after all forms of entertainment, including (and especially) reading.
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You are right about younger kids and eReaders. Kids picture books just don't work with an eReader very well. Neither do graphic novels, which some adults like me are fond of. However, my cousin's 12-year-old daughter is a very advanced reader and was interested in using her Borders gift certs that had been piling up to get a Kobo when I showed her mine. The library has Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, etc), Suzanne Collins (Gregor, the Hunger Games), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl, Airman), Shannon Hale (Books of Bayern), and other authors that would interest her in eBook form. I think she'll enjoy her eReader.
Oh, it may not be in color, but illustrations do look rather well on my Kobo. My Gutenberg version of Irish Fairy Tales has a couple of lovely ones by Jack B. Yeats (the volume was edited by his brother, W.B.) and my current library eBook, Pub Walks in Underhill Country, has a few nice ones.