Hi frostschutz, thank you for your reply!
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In theory, any reader will work. It's just not that hard to flip a page.
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True, if the device is capable of reflowing the text. I understand that it may be a problem with PDF format.
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In practice there are tons of issues you didn't think about. For example some readers have very small selection menus for books. So while you can use large font in the book itself, that's no good if the selection menu itself is unusable.
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And that's why I like online forums like this one. Helpful people (such as yourself) giving helpful advice.
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Then some people like to touch the text they read (follow lines with the index finger or whatever), because they easily lose the line otherwise (due to bad sight). So in such a case you'd have to avoid touchscreens whereas other people might love touchscreen.
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Can't that function of touchscreens be turned off?
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A 6" screen should be fine, you can still get reasonably large fonts (esp. using landscape mode), sure you have to flip the page more often but so what? I'd consider larger screens only if the sight's really bad. Don't forget that larger devices are also heavier and less comfortable to handle.
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Hmmm... OK, I'll have to consider that.
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But again this depends on the person what he/she prefers. If you have a store that sells eReaders it might be a good idea to just go there with the person in question and let him/her have a go at the devices on display...
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It's a bit of a problem when that person lives 7 time zones away. 10+ hours transatlantic flights are a bit inconvenient and not very cheap...