Advice on e-reader for bad eyes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you tried the large print section at the library?

This its life changing if you're low vision like I am. Same as you op glasses since i was 4 now almost 50 cant see near or far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have always been severely myopic but now in middle age, I can't see up close either. (So uncomfortable! So scary!) I am also developing cataracts. My New Year's resolution is to get off the internet and go back to reading books again. I think my best bet is an e-reader.

I have an old Nook, but I think e-ink would be better for my eyes. Any recommendations? I looked at kindles, but they are all so small. I'd love a screen that was more like 8-10 inches instead of 6 or 7. Does anyone make one? Why doesn't Amazon make one? People our age are the ones who read the most books! (I saw the Kindle Scribe-- wonderful but so expensive!)

OP again. I'll take other suggestions also. Are there good magnifying glasses for reading paper books?

Ask your optometrist to write you a reading glass prescription and buy some $6.95 single vision lens glasses from Zenni online. When I get my new prescription I get the progressive lens prescription, the computer prescription ( you have to accurately tell them the distance from your face to the screen) and a reading prescription.

[Anonymous]

I’m 42 and also have increasingly bad vision. I spend 10+ hours/day on a computer for work and as others have said, the large print section at the library has been life changing.

I have a kindle paperwhite and it’s ok but the backlight glare (or whatever you call it) still causes me eye strain even with the font enlarged.

I haven’t felt limited by the large print books selection near me and have found that interlibrary loans can plug most gaps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have always been severely myopic but now in middle age, I can't see up close either. (So uncomfortable! So scary!) I am also developing cataracts. My New Year's resolution is to get off the internet and go back to reading books again. I think my best bet is an e-reader.

I have an old Nook, but I think e-ink would be better for my eyes. Any recommendations? I looked at kindles, but they are all so small. I'd love a screen that was more like 8-10 inches instead of 6 or 7. Does anyone make one? Why doesn't Amazon make one? People our age are the ones who read the most books! (I saw the Kindle Scribe-- wonderful but so expensive!)

Actually people from 18-29 are the age group that reads the most. The Kindle scribe, which you reference, is 10 inches, exactly what you’re asking for. You just think it’s too expensive.

If you can wait they will put them on sale for whenever prime day rolls around again.

Also someone said above kindle are back lit, they are actually front lit. The light is pointed across the screen rather than beaming out from the device directly into your eyes.

[Anonymous]

I have a Kindle but use it with the white on black display. It works best for me as I have major eye strain and the light bothers my eyes otherwise.

[Anonymous]

I have a Kindle Paperwhite and the font is totally adjustable. You can make it huge! My mother thinks I'm crazy, but I'd rather turn 1700 electronic pages and have my eyes be happy than wear cheaters and squint.

[Anonymous]

Did you find a solution OP?