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Not to mention, older folks tend to have problems with their vision and a device with adjustable font size would let them read a greater variety of books and keep their brains limber. 'Large-print' books(whose fonts sometimes aren't all that large) books are few and far between, weigh a ton(a problem for the frail), and if you like anything out of the ordinary just forget it. It's not just that older folks are more likely to be technophobes, their dexterity and ability to keep up with changes to the formats is limited--anything more than 'point and click' is prob'ly not going to fly. It's too late for my grandma, she's almost blind and has no short term memory to speak of(she's 95) but when she first started losing her vision ebooks would have really helped her state of mind.
It would be nice to see an ereader that is easier for people with dexterity problems, carpel tunnel or whatever. My one real problem with the cybook is that after a few hours my thumb gets sore from turning the pages.
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