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The Book by Augen has parents. Lots of them.
No, The Book is not an orphan. It is selling well enough on Amazon.com at a higher price than when introduced at K-Mart.
The Book may be a cheap alternative to more expensive readers, but if reading is what you want to do then The Book does the job.
It's not e-ink, so outdoor viewing is questionable.
It's not a fast book loader, but page turns are fast.
It's wide and a bit heavy, but manageable.
It's got this wonderful little joystick to move from page to page.
It's support by Calibre is OK (sort of), so book management is relatively easy.
It's supported by Adobe Digital Editions, so buying books is easy.
What The Book is not is a Wi-Fi hero. The method of reconnecting to a Wi-Fi access point is crude. The browser speed is good only for the Google home page to search for crossword puzzle answers.
The actual Wi-Fi range is about 12-15m.
And the Mobileread.com site actually looks like the site as seen in a real browser.
The second big problem with the browser is the inability to rotate the screen and see the whole width of a page.
Watching movies and listening to music is possible, but why buy an ebook reader for tasks better suited to a large screen and decent speakers.
Yes, I do have The Book. I use it for reading.
Carl
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