I Bought a Kindle

I am really joining the current century, having bought an iPhone and a Kindle in the last 2 months. The Kindle just arrived today. I had a twofold reason for buying it. First, I read a LOT and only certain books get re-read. I do like the feel of the pages of hardbacks, but paperbacks are frankly almost a one-time read anyway. So my thought is anything I would buy in paperback is probably better suited to the Kindle. They keep them on file so I can re-read more times than I could a physical paperback!

My second reason was a curiosity. My uncle is legally blind, can see bits and read things if they are printed in LARGE FONTS. We can exchange letters still because I print mine in 28 point font and then struggle to read his which are handwritten and wander a bit on the page. It takes a holistic approach. I read it all the way, sometimes not connecting phrases within the proper sentence until later because they wander on the page and it's unclear where they belong on an initial read. He's a writer and a reader, or was. I wondered if the Kindle might have font large enough for him to read. I'm not sure, at first glance. I wish they offered a really large font for visually impaired folks. However, the new one offers a text to speech option that at first glance is quite good!

I recently sent him a book on CD. I know it's hard to switch to oral processing and I suspect he is like me, primarily written word oriented. But we shall see. At 90, he's still game to try things just a bit out of his comfort zone, which I greatly admire.

Kindle books are about half the price of regular books so for anything you'll only read once, it's almost a no-brainer once you get past the initial hurdle.