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Originally Posted by varaonaid
She’s a complete technophobe. Doesn’t know how to turn on a computer and doesn’t want to know. She does use a cell phone (dumb phone) and she’s cognitively very sharp. We live 1200 miles away from her and I have a fair number of books on our Calibre server (some mobi from Kindle purchases and other are ePub).
I need something that she can just turn on, see a few books, touch the book, and pick up where she left off. Then, every few weeks (or whatever timeframe), I can remove what she’s read and add a couple of new options.
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PW5 or Oasis. My dad used a Kindle PW till 91 and earlier had used email, ebay, etc on his computer and I was never able to "remotely" send him an ebook.
You will not be able to manage remotely except an Amazon account.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Does your mother have a computer? If she does, you can do what I used to do for my mother. I would use TeamViewer to connect to her laptop and upload books and put them in her Calibre library.
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See above. Not feasible.
My mother had a mobile (hardly used) and two TVs (Sky, Sat TV on one). No-one was allowed to change channel on them. The one with sat box only accessed first few Sky Channels and the Kitchen one not changed at all. She was a keen reader but had no interest in eReader despite eyesight getting poor.
Unless you live nearby (you don't), really only option is KIndle and
that you manage her Amazon account. Her payment details and address.
Much as I think Kobo is far better and think "Send to Kindle" is an abomination, this is one situation where you can send PD ebooks to her Kindle.
An internet & WiFi point may be too awkward,
so the Amazon Kindles with 3G/4G are ideal for this.
If she was an existing PC user a Kobo and Calibre might be better, but even at 200 miles I was too far from my Dad to manage that. Also he was a long time computer user (PC still Win98 in 2020) and though he could afford it wouldn't buy a laptop with a newer OS to replace the old tower. By the time I had a spare laptop he wasn't using the PC and didn't want one.
My sister lived nearer and was an IT manager and refused to sort out his computer problems about a decade earlier, so when there was a problem (often) the local computer place would wipe and re-install Win98!