Augen announced this ugly little Kindle clone back in August 2010, and cancelled it sometime in late 2010. But it’s not dead yet.
One of my readers has tipped me to a website that’s selling the OEM version. What I mean is that Augen don’t want to carry it anymore, but the Chinese company that actually designed and produced it are still selling it. Aside form a few different lavels, it’s the same e-reader: case, hardware, and even the retail box.
The The Book was made by HiVision, and you can buy it on DealExtreme for under $100. I’m not suggesting you get it; it never was all that great of an e-reader.
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i shudder at the thought of anyone buying this
though when it worked (rarely) it was a great minimal glare lcd reader
I have seen this again at Kmart just recently. It had been sold out there.
My family has four of them and we really enjoy them! The web browser works better than the Kindle and they provide better reading quality in low light conditions and don’t need a book light. You can put your books and music on an SD card and share them with your friends multiple times and not just once like on the kindle!
The $35/$50 Indian/Chinese tablet is now shipping | The Digital Reader // Jun 14, 2011 at 6:28 pm
[...] a Chinese gadget maker who have a bunch of products being sold under other companies’ brands. Augen’s The Book e-reader is one of Hivision’s products. It’s coming from China because, frankly, you can’t [...]
This is the only reader i have actually kept, (i returned the kindle and the sony within 2 days).
Whats even better is that i only paid $60 at manards.