What are the eReader features that are important to Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation?
It’d be great if Boomers and the Silent Generation jumped in and added their thoughts. To me it seems the features they would like are – • Great usability. • Easy to get books i.e. wirelessly. You shouldn’t have to drive to a store every time you feel like finding a book. • Very readable screen that’s easy on the eyes. • Great customer service. Preferably someone human to interact with. • Wide range of books. • Good value for money i.e. reasonable eReader prices and reasonable ebook prices. • As Light as possible. • Compact size so it’s convenient to handle and carry eReaders. • Easy one handed reading. • Text to Speech like the Kindle’s Read To Me. • Simple design that minimizes the amount of effort i.e. no placing buttons where you have to twist and turn to get to them. • Wide range of Font Sizes including some very big ones. What other features make sense? Let us know. What are eReader makers doing to address this? Not much in general. Amazon is – However, we need lots of eReader ma
