[Carnyx]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

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.

Thanks again Maria(sorry I got your name wrong back there as well - "dyslexics of the world, untie!"),
Well I can't be sure, but they sound like they might be usable to her. I think we can forget the keyboard but we'll see.

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.

It sounds like there's a lot of variation in arthritis, and it's horses for courses in terms of which device fits a person best. So I'll only really know once she actually tries something out.
I tried the local library as someone suggested just now, but they don't lend E-Reader devices - perhaps that's just a US thing. He did suggest a home library that can visit the person's home and lend books(inc' audio books) though, so that's something I can ask/suggest too.

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!!!

Thank you - yes if/when she's using it I will endeavour to feed back here as it could be useful to someone else when the subject comes up again. It could be some time yet though as I'll have to first liaise with the guys working on the stand, to decide which is the best E-Reader all round. Sounded like they will look at it when they're good an ready as they're doing it for free.
Thanks,
David.