Comments on: Ion Audio Book Saver Book Scanner Scans 200-Page Books in 15 Minutes

By: Drumba

Drumba — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 09:34:00 +0000

It is a fake, this product is in “Coming soon” status since the beginning of this year.

By: David Damico

David Damico — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:09:16 +0000

Interesting gadget. Yes, there are some books I’d like scanned but I’m still a book fan. I recently bought 50lbs of books on graphic design and printing but was 1400 miles from home. I had to ship them back. I like the ease of use of a book, the physicality of it and how the content is revealed and of course, no batteries. Information quickly changes, knowledge evolves.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:35:31 +0000

But how big of book can you scan? Is the size of the frame adjustable? and b/c each book has different thickness, does the fixed angle of the frame always fit to the book once it lies open?

By: AaronM

AaronM — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:54:17 +0000

I did miss it! My mistake!

This does look interesting to me. I don’t like the idea of buying DRM’d books that I can’t pass on to my friends. It’s one of the things stopping me from picking up a kindle/nook/ipad for my reader. (I do like the feel of paper too, they aren’t going to overcome that). But it always bothered me that the right of resale on the books is pretty much eliminated with the new digital distribution methods. At least this way, I can spend the extra 15 minutes to digitize my book, move the copy to whatever the latest greatest e-reader turns out to be, and when I want to pass it on/sell it, I can delete the file and pass the hard copy on (maybe with the digital version included).

By: Evan Selleck

Evan Selleck — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:42:43 +0000

It’s in there, in the link for “perfect gift.”

By: AaronM

AaronM — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:40:16 +0000

The article didn’t seem to have a link to the manufacturer’s page (unless I missed it):

http://www.ionaudio.com/booksaver