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With a so-called ageing population (the figures are scewed by infant mortality being included in the 'average') I believe the ereader will become more popular because of the ability to control font size
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that the companies keep making them, and improving on them. For example, the use of very large font would be best on a larger format reader. There does seem to be a current tendency for ereaders to be getting bigger, as in the larger Kobos and Kindles. But I hope they don't leave behind those of us who prefer compact readers, 6" and hopefully 5".
I have a very old Sony prs 505, which still works, but is very greyed out, so I rarely use it. My PW2 works just fine, but I would love to purchase another reader if the makers, preferably Amazon or Kobo, made either a 5" reader with a frontlight, or a 6" reader with reliable (no bleed) warm light AND TTS (through corded headphones) and also included an SD slot. Also, the ability to add and customise custom fonts. Last, but not least it should be waterproof (this doesn't matter much to me, but would to others.)
I'm sure this would sell well if priced reasonably.
The manufacturers are making a mistake. Ereader sales may have plateau'd, but this is temporary. Two new generations of ereader users are on the way: those young people who prefer them to paper books and phones; and older people who need large font but can't afford books printed with it.
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