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Old 12-02-2020, 05:10 PM   #8
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
That's a good point that barryem raises about books with DRM. What would she do for library books? I've never checked but Overdrive probably has an app. You might want to call her library and see what they say.

If you live nearby you could sit with her and show her how to use an ereader. She's probably thinking that an ereader will be as complicated as her phone. Your Boox would probably be too geeky and scare her off. But a Kindle is dead simple and Amazon has the ebook market pretty much cornered (I have a Kobo and buy all my books from Amazon and use Calibre to remove the DRM and convert them to epub).
I disagree about getting a Kindle. Kobo is very easy to use. I would suggest a Kobo. Not only is the firmware better then Kindle, Kobo is less expensive. The Kobo Forma with 8" screen and plastic backed screen is $20 less then a heavier Kindle Oasis with a 7" screen. The 8" screen is better for reading with a larger font size.

With a phone, the screen is 16:9 and small. To read with a larger font is not going to be a good reading experience. That's why Readers are 4:3.

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