Thread: Get grandma reading again!
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Old 06-09-2023, 05:51 AM   #18
John F
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Originally Posted by mattcd216 View Post
Ok I’m on a mission to get my gran with bad eyesight back in to the lovely world of books. I showed her my kobo nia with font enlarged and she was amazed.
Asking for suggestions that meet the following requirements:
  1. cheap (second hand, this will likely be mislaid often)
  2. magnetic sleep/wake case (minimal button pressing - arthritis)
  3. backlight
  4. uk library (overdrive) compatibile (not essential)

Thank you community!
I suggest having grandma pick a font size she likes on your reader and go from there to determine the size of the reader for her.

My mother has very bad eyesight and uses a very large font size. She has used 7" ereaders in the past, and is now using an 8".

She was reading Gone With the Wind the other day, and commented that it was over 5000 "pages" long.
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