[Bill14564]

I have a 6" e-reader (nearly antique, probably predecessor of the paperwhite) and an 8" Fire. The largest font I can get on the e-reader is labeled "14" and, as retiredguy wrote, gives about three words per line with six lines on the screen. The Fire doesn't tell me a font size but at the largest setting it also has six lines on the screen. The only difference is the Fire screen is a little larger than the e-reader.

The screen on my e-reader is ideal for reading in the sun, the brighter it is the more contrast the screen has. With the Fire, the brighter it is the harder it is to see the words. Of course the opposite is true too, the Fire works well in the dark and the e-reader is unreadable. The new paperwhite models might work better.

If you want to get books from the Sumter County Library then make sure the device can run their app. Books from the Sumter Library do not come in Kindle format. My Fire can run the necessary app but my antique e-reader cannot. If you know you can get books in Kindle format then this is not a concern for you.

I use my Fire as a tablet too. I get email, read news, look at ToTV, and manage my calendar from my Fire. If you want to do something like that then you'll want to make sure the device has those capabilities.