UPDATE:
Ivan just emailed me that he has sent the device. Now I'll just have to wait and hope it gets through German Customs in one piece and without too much VAT and Tax added...but so far the whole process has gone very nicely.
Congratulations to STAReTEK for handling this so well up to this point.
Ivan also tells me that the STAReBOOK now has a new firmware with added functions and that the eREAD software and STK-Maker are being updated and bundled into one application.
They also apparently have a new website up...visit
http://ebook.stareread.com/en/