It was Barnes & Nobel where I looked at Nook which cost around $150.00. I haven't looked at any of the others. The idea of having a lightweight object to hold while reading is important to me because of a chronic illness I have causing very weak muscles and eyesight problems. I also have arthritic hands so a small light weight reader appeals to me if it is easy to use. You have given me a few more suggestions to use and they sound pretty good, so I will look into them. Hopefully I will find one I feel comfortable using. The Kindle Paperwhite sounds good to me and I will see if I can find one in a store somewhere where I can look at it. Thanks for all the information. Janet -----Original Message----- From: ETM <[email protected]> To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 11:52 am Subject: [GN] eReaders and Tablets I love the eReaders, probably the Kindle most, after that the iPad, then the Nook, last the Sony. The Nexus is truly a tablet, does what tablets are supposed to do, so if you want a mini-computer, then consider the Nexus. But if you want a good eReader for aging eyes and arthritic hands, I recommend the Kindle Paperwhite, doesn't cost a fortune, has no audio, is lightweight, and my 78 year old eyes love my being able to increase the font size on the page. BTW, all the eReaders keep your place no matter what. If they don't they need to be returned for an exchange. Between free offers and purchases, I now have over 4000 books in Amazon's cloud. I run about 500 on my various eReaders. I reserve the tablet color eReaders for recipes. I love cooking and share several cooking lists. I have been buying children books for the last year during my grandchildren's first pregnancy. Aria was born in March and when mama wants she can go to a Kindle I gave her with my account on it and find all those books to read to Aria. Don't be run off by worrying about age and the new devices. I will be 78 in October and am self-taught. No one used computers until almost the end of my working career. Elaine What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? Hello Gen-newbie On Saturday, April 13, 2013, you wrote > Thanks Elaine, > I appreciate the address. I will get one of > them the next time I get to the book store. I > looked at Kindles at the book store, almost > bought one but after the demonstration to show > me what I could do with it, decided I was better > holding the book in my hand instead, then I > would know where I am. This new stuff is for > the younger people, my cell phone, digital > camera and computer are enough technology for me. :-) > Janet ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a Kindle and love it. Especially I like that I can order a sample of the book downloaded to my Kindle so I don't end up buying a book I bought and read a few years ago. My Kindle is of the first generation - my daughter has a Kindle Fire and she keeps telling me to look this up and that up. I have to remind her I can't get on the internet with my Kindle. I must have a hundred books on it. I don't know how many it will hold, and when I reach a limit I can delete them and always get them back if I want. They are on my account at Amazon.com. My Kindle was over a hundred dollars 18 month ago. Nancy W From: <[email protected]> eReaders and Tablets > > It was Barnes & Nobel where I looked at Nook which cost around $150.00. I > haven't looked at any of the others. The idea of having a lightweight > object to hold while reading is important to me because of a chronic > illness I have causing very weak muscles and eyesight problems. I also > have arthritic hands so a small light weight reader appeals to me if it is > easy to use. You have given me a few more suggestions to use and they > sound pretty good, so I will look into them. Hopefully I will find one I > feel comfortable using. The Kindle Paperwhite sounds good to me and I > will see if I can find one in a store somewhere where I can look at it. > > Thanks for all the information. > > Janet

Staples has the Kindle, if you have one near you. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [GN] eReaders and Tablets It was Barnes & Nobel where I looked at Nook which cost around $150.00. I haven't looked at any of the others. The idea of having a lightweight object to hold while reading is important to me because of a chronic illness I have causing very weak muscles and eyesight problems. I also have arthritic hands so a small light weight reader appeals to me if it is easy to use. You have given me a few more suggestions to use and they sound pretty good, so I will look into them. Hopefully I will find one I feel comfortable using. The Kindle Paperwhite sounds good to me and I will see if I can find one in a store somewhere where I can look at it. Thanks for all the information. Janet -----Original Message----- From: ETM <[email protected]> To: gen-newbie <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Apr 13, 2013 11:52 am Subject: [GN] eReaders and Tablets I love the eReaders, probably the Kindle most, after that the iPad, then the Nook, last the Sony. The Nexus is truly a tablet, does what tablets are supposed to do, so if you want a mini-computer, then consider the Nexus. But if you want a good eReader for aging eyes and arthritic hands, I recommend the Kindle Paperwhite, doesn't cost a fortune, has no audio, is lightweight, and my 78 year old eyes love my being able to increase the font size on the page. BTW, all the eReaders keep your place no matter what. If they don't they need to be returned for an exchange. Between free offers and purchases, I now have over 4000 books in Amazon's cloud. I run about 500 on my various eReaders. I reserve the tablet color eReaders for recipes. I love cooking and share several cooking lists. I have been buying children books for the last year during my grandchildren's first pregnancy. Aria was born in March and when mama wants she can go to a Kindle I gave her with my account on it and find all those books to read to Aria. Don't be run off by worrying about age and the new devices. I will be 78 in October and am self-taught. No one used computers until almost the end of my working career. Elaine What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? Hello Gen-newbie On Saturday, April 13, 2013, you wrote > Thanks Elaine, > I appreciate the address. I will get one of > them the next time I get to the book store. I > looked at Kindles at the book store, almost > bought one but after the demonstration to show > me what I could do with it, decided I was better > holding the book in my hand instead, then I > would know where I am. This new stuff is for > the younger people, my cell phone, digital > camera and computer are enough technology for me. :-) > Janet ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message