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iRex's iLiad E-ink eBook Reader is Now Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oooh-all-inky-and-whatnot dept.

An anonymous reader writes "iRex has just started shipping its e-ink eBook reader, the iLiad, starting today (July 3rd) — making it the first e-ink reader commercially available outside of Japan. It is available for purchase though iRex's website, for 649 euros (ouch!). Hopefully this price will come down before Sony releases their eReader later this summer."

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  1. Shweet by dedazo · · Score: 5, Funny

    iThink tHis is aGreat iDea. iMean, yAy!

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  2. Re:I'll stick with books... by alegrepublic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This line made me chuckle. Not crippled by DRM? How about a DRM that made it so that if you wanted to make a copy you'd have to either
    re-write the entire novel or OCR the whole thing? Imagine not even being able to make a quick archive copy for personal back up!

    Imagine a book that wouldn't let you open it unless you paid a rental fee to the publisher. Or a book that insisted on being
    read only when placed on a certain desk. Or a book that locked up when put on a copy machine. Or a book that would only
    let you use publisher-approved markers to write on it... The annoying part of DRM is not copy protection as much as access
    protection    .