Do Your Kids Have an Ebook Reader? Or Will They Eventually? - Page 3

Care · 12-14-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

100 Classic Books

Junior Classic Books & Fairytales

Thanks! I had no idea you could buy books for the DS.

tubemonkey · 12-14-2010, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Care

Thanks! I had no idea you could buy books for the DS.

You're welcome. They're public domain books, which can be downloaded for free on any ereader. Too bad they can't be that way on the DS.

MsCG1 · 12-14-2010, 02:51 PM

I just finished wrapping a Nook WiFi for my 15 year old daughter. It's a good device for a kid who's not really into video games or anything like that. She loves to read and we read many of the same type of books, so at least we'll be able to share.

sakura-panda · 12-14-2010, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb

For my grandsons I have looked at the Vtech VReader. It is really nice and Walmart has it bundled with a carrying case and 6 download books for $50. My confusion is that all the other books seem to be in cartridge form, selling for $20 each. I need to do a bit more research to see if other books can be downloaded cheaper.

We paid about $15 for the books that we bought for ours. I haven't looked into downloading books because so far my daughter doesn't seem to be doing much with it, so I don't see any reason to go beyond the two or three cartridges she has. She gets a lot more use and benefit out of her Leap Frog Tag reader.

wvcherrybomb · 12-14-2010, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Care

My kids are 1 /12 and 3, and I was going to get them a Vtech reader (which I made a thread for to see if anybody had any info on them, but nobody did

), but I heard the downloaded books disappear every time they restart it.

I looked around a bit to find out if this was the case for sure but didn't find out anything. I did see that it take an SD card so maybe you need to have that in it to save downloaded books.

In the meantime, I'm still trying to decide about a Kindle for my teenager. I think a NOOKcolor would be way cooler for his age but they are just way too expensive.

kindlekitten · 12-15-2010, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb

I looked around a bit to find out if this was the case for sure but didn't find out anything. I did see that it take an SD card so maybe you need to have that in it to save downloaded books.

In the meantime, I'm still trying to decide about a Kindle for my teenager. I think a NOOKcolor would be way cooler for his age but they are just way too expensive.

for what it's worth I loaned a K1 to a precocious 9 year old for the summer. she loved it and it came back in great shape!

John Carroll · 12-15-2010, 02:17 PM

My youngest is 7, but at the moment my wife and I don't even have an ereader, though we want to get one soon. I'm okay with having printed books for kids. The pictures and diagrams help them to understand the words and helps them learn to read.

leebase · 12-15-2010, 03:11 PM

My daughters have iPod Touches and do read on them, as does my wife.

Lee

wvcherrybomb · 12-15-2010, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

for what it's worth I loaned a K1 to a precocious 9 year old for the summer. she loved it and it came back in great shape!

That's awesome. I hope her parents consider buying her one.

I am only worried about a Kindle gathering dust in my son's room. He likes to read but not enough for my liking. I want to encourage him with an electronic gadget but at the same time don't want to waste the money if he doesn't use it.

I guess I could just ask him but I love for Christmas gifts to be a surprise.

Notre Dame · 12-15-2010, 07:56 PM

Every child should get an ebook reader in their Christmas stocking. Every scrap of knowledge about the world is in a book somewhere. They learn, it enriches their lives and triggers their imagination. Receiving an ebook reader should be mandatory. C'mon, I'm an author. What d'you expect me to say? ;-))
http://chrisscottwilson.co.uk

rcuadro · 12-15-2010, 07:57 PM

I bought my son a Kindle and he reads all on his own with out me making him

better than the PS3

wvcherrybomb · 12-15-2010, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

I bought my son a Kindle and he reads all on his own with out me making him

better than the PS3

I'm seriously jealous. I finally broke down and asked my teenager if he would like to have one and he turned it down. He plays the PS3 with no prompting.

He's getting a new car stereo instead.

starrigger · 12-16-2010, 12:42 AM

My daughters, 18 and 21, are supremely indifferent to ebooks (except for occasionally cheering on their dad for getting a new book up for sale). They're both voracious readers, and cheerful users of other electronics. They just believe books ought to be "real" books. My wife likes ebooks, and I do. It's weird for the younger set to be more resistant to this kind of change, but there you have it.

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12-14-2010, 02:51 PM	#33
MsCG1 Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 38391 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Nook Classic, NookColor, HTC Rezound, Sony PRS-505, ICS Touchpad	I just finished wrapping a Nook WiFi for my 15 year old daughter. It's a good device for a kid who's not really into video games or anything like that. She loves to read and we read many of the same type of books, so at least we'll be able to share.

12-15-2010, 02:17 PM	#37
John Carroll kookoo Posts: 1,461 Karma: 7772454 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Springs Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook, LG4	My youngest is 7, but at the moment my wife and I don't even have an ereader, though we want to get one soon. I'm okay with having printed books for kids. The pictures and diagrams help them to understand the words and helps them learn to read.

12-15-2010, 03:11 PM	#38
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,976 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	My daughters have iPod Touches and do read on them, as does my wife. Lee

12-15-2010, 07:56 PM	#40
Notre Dame Magus Posts: 46 Karma: 530322 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: UK Device: Kindle	Every child should get an ebook reader in their Christmas stocking. Every scrap of knowledge about the world is in a book somewhere. They learn, it enriches their lives and triggers their imagination. Receiving an ebook reader should be mandatory. C'mon, I'm an author. What d'you expect me to say? ;-)) http://chrisscottwilson.co.uk

12-15-2010, 07:57 PM	#41
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	I bought my son a Kindle and he reads all on his own with out me making him better than the PS3

12-16-2010, 12:42 AM	#43
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	My daughters, 18 and 21, are supremely indifferent to ebooks (except for occasionally cheering on their dad for getting a new book up for sale). They're both voracious readers, and cheerful users of other electronics. They just believe books ought to be "real" books. My wife likes ebooks, and I do. It's weird for the younger set to be more resistant to this kind of change, but there you have it.