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The side buttons ROCK. They are right where you hold the device and the page forward (the one used most frequently) is larger than the page back. To turn it off, there's a large slide button on the bottom. To select a book, you get to use a fairly large button/toggle thingie. You don't have to use the keyboard (letters). If she does need to use those, I recommend keeping a old pencil with an eraser handy. The eraser is the perfect size to press those buttons! Fat fingers are much...fatter.
I talked to my friend who has very bad arthritis. She highly recommends the regular kindles over the fire. She says the fire is heavier for her to hold (she has both). She prefers reading on the Kindle because she holds it for longer periods. For game playing she likes the Kindle Fire. She has no problems with the touch pad, but another friend chimed in and says she doesn't like the touch feature because it doesn't respond as well as she would like.
There you go!!! Good luck with it. And don't hesitate to tell us what books she likes because we can happily recommend "similar" ones I'm sure!!!
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