Thread: Speak the truth to me...is the eBookwise reader suitable for an 11 year old boy?
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Old 08-16-2009, 01:05 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Siwickimom View Post
I really am toying w/ the idea of getting my son a reader for Christmas. I don't want to break the bank and I want it to be rather durable. He isn't horrible on his electronics but he is 11, you know. This reader looks great from a physical standpoint, but I really have zero intention of purchasing books from Fictionwise on a regular basis. How difficult is it to convert existing files to IMP, really? Is it going to tick me off and make me wish I would have just gotten the kid a PocketPro? I posted a question in the 'Which one should I buy?' thread and have gotten lots of great suggestions, but I wanted to come here to this forum and ask those of you who use this reader regularly for the real skinny on it, good and bad.

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Rebecca
I bought the EB1150 for my 8yr. old daughter.

My take is the EB1150 is a great device, it is durable and very comfortable.
I've had it for a year now and the device has not given me any problems.

The backlighting is a god send for children. Most children read indoors or at night. My daughter likes to read before she goes to sleep, then tucks her reader under her pillow when shes done for the night. Even though its backlit the device last 15hrs on one charge and is readable in daylight

As for converting, it's quite easy. Nick has written some great tools to convert LIT and MOBI to IMP books. Also if you wish to forgo the whole conversion process you can buy books directly from ebookwise.com but the IMP DRM has not been cracked.

Since no device is perfect I'll also mention my biggest grip, they have very little memory and chose the SmartMedia solution for memory expansion. Those cards are expensive and fragile!

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