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My mom is notoriously impossible to buy for and an avid reader so I think maybe an ereader would be a good option for her. I have a Kobo Touch and I love it so I figured why not share the wealth. However because of the following I hesitate to buy her the touch:

- She isn't into "big gifts" so over $100 might make her mad
- I tried to get her reading on Stanza and she hated it (the backlight and screen was too small) so obviously an ereader would help those issues but I worry she may hate it because it is "not a real book"... so i hesitate to buy a more expensive one to collect dust on her shelf
- She is very into outdoors activities like camping, hiking and rock climbing and i wouldn't want her to worry about damaging her more expensive reader or to have to pack a heavy clunky and/or fragile reader.
- She is not tech savvy at all. I don't want to get anything too complicated for her (especially because she will call me for tech support) She could probably handle the drag and drop upload on a kobo, how is sideloading on a kindle?

What would you recommend between the original kobo and original kindle? Is a kobo touch that much more worth it? Because if it is a vast improvement i will get it regardless of the price because I love mine...I just have no gauge of how much of an upgrade the touch is having never used the original one. (and an $89 kobo sounds good to me)