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Quoth · 12-21-2018, 09:57 AM

I know an 88 year old that likes being able to read PW under the blankets.
If you have a laptop/PC (Best way to shop on Amazon), then there is easy to use www.gutenberg.org with 58,000+ out of copyright books (The 88 yo can manage that but often can't manage email). Also www.smashwords.com (treats authors better than Amazon) for buying and free titles. All legitimate.

I've loaned my (deregistered) Kindle DXG to someone in 70s with Macular Degeneration to see how they manage. He's not fussed on the Text to Speech (yet, and hopes he won't need that).

12-21-2018, 09:57 AM	#4
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,333 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	I know an 88 year old that likes being able to read PW under the blankets. If you have a laptop/PC (Best way to shop on Amazon), then there is easy to use www.gutenberg.org with 58,000+ out of copyright books (The 88 yo can manage that but often can't manage email). Also www.smashwords.com (treats authors better than Amazon) for buying and free titles. All legitimate. I've loaned my (deregistered) Kindle DXG to someone in 70s with Macular Degeneration to see how they manage. He's not fussed on the Text to Speech (yet, and hopes he won't need that). Last edited by Quoth; 12-21-2018 at 09:59 AM.