There may be many advantages, I believe there is a feature[guessing] that lets you change font size. When we traveled we would sometimes get a current novel on tape, and trade them.I don't know what it is, but I was always an avid reader, my first wive, didn't read much, my daughter now that the kids are both away at school says she is almost always with a book. My son seldom reads. My second wife would read a phone book in a pinch. My current squeeze, is now in bed reading, listening to me peck away after I got the dishes done[this broken arm crap is wearing thin]