iRex light weight digital book reader ‘iLiad Book Edition’ is aimed at the book market. As a lower priced and simplified version, the new iLiad Book Edition will focus on book reading and will be available for sale beginning 9 May.

The Book Edition comes pre-loaded with 50 books ranging from Alice’s Adventures to Pride and Prejudice. With plenty of internal memory that can be extended up to 8 gigabytes, it is no longer necessary to choose which book to take. In addition, the screen allows for close to a 180-degree viewing angle and reads just like normal paper would.

Suggested price is 499 USD.