Best Books Applications for iPhone and iPod Touch

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1. iBooks

iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBookstore, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favorite classics – day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite passages.

Features

• Enjoy a complimentary copy of the beautifully illustrated classic, Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.
• Download many of your favorite books from the included iBookstore.
• Read a free sample of any book on the iBookstore before making it a part of your collection.
• Reorder your books on your bookshelf or browse them in a list sorted by title, author, or category.
• Easily adjust your screen brightness to find the perfect lighting for any environment.
• Change the font size and pick from six included type faces to make your books more comfortable to read.
• Find a word, character, or phrase anywhere in your book with the built-in search feature.
• Keep your bookmarks, notes, and your current page wirelessly in sync between iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with the new automatic bookmark syncing feature.
• Quickly find a specific page using the page navigator at the bottom of every page.
• Read your books on white or sepia colored pages.
• Choose left or fully justified text layout from Settings.
• Highlight your favorite passages and add notes with the built-in bookmarking features.
• Add books in the industry-standard ePub electronic book format to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
• Add PDF documents to iBooks from Mail, or add them to iTunes and sync them to iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
• Use iBooks with the amazing accessibility features in iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch – such as speaking the words on a given page.

2. Borders eBooks

Borders eBooks gives you the freedom to buy and read eBooks anytime, anywhere on your iPhone. Suddenly craving the latest thriller or an exciting new bestseller at 3 in the morning? No problem. It takes just a minute to purchase whatever you're in the mood for, and once you select the Buy button, your next great read will begin downloading instantly.

Not sure what you want to read? Browse the entire selection of Borders eBooks and read a free sample before you decide to buy. With Borders eBooks, eReading couldn't be easier.

Some highlights

• Login with your existing Borders.com account and download the eBooks you've already purchased at no additional cost.
• Read full ePubs and choose from the original publisher style or our hand-tuned optimized reading experience.
• The 'I'm Reading' list gives you quick access to everything you're reading.
• Organize your library any way you like – by title, date last read, or author.
• Skip ahead in your book with the Table of Contents page.

3. Stanza

Lexcycle Stanza brings the digital book revolution to your pocket with a reading interface that is unrivaled in its clarity and ease of use. With over 4 million downloads around the world, Stanza has become an iPhone phenomenon, and is featured as one of the top three Apple favorites in their "App Store Turns 1" celebration.

Purchase popular new books from a selection of over 50,000 contemporary titles available in various partner stores, or choose from an additional 50,000 free classics and recent original works available from Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, and many other sources. Store and categorize hundreds of books in the organizer, and transfer your own ePub, eReader, PDF, Comic Book Archive (CBR & CBZ), and DjVu books from your Mac or PC to Stanza by dragging & dropping the files into the "File Sharing" section of the "Apps" tab of your device in iTunes.

Stanza has been recognized by numerous organizations:

• Time Magazine lists Stanza as one of their "Top 11 iPhone Applications"
• Stanza is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" and one of their "21 cool iPhone Apps"
• The New York Times features Stanza: "Tip of the Week: Turn Your iPhone Into an e-Book"
• Wired features Stanza in their "10 Most Awesome iPhone Apps of 2008" article
• Forbes Magazine lauds Stanza, saying: "Stanza, like Kindle, lets users download new content directly to their device."
• Apple lists Stanza in their collection of "iTunes 2008 Top Apps"
• Stanza is a Macworld reader's favorite in: "Our Favorite iPhone Apps: Your turn"
• Stanza won the 2008 award for "Best Free App" at BestAppEver.com, where they write: "Stanza has redefined how everyone thinks about reading on a mobile device."

4. eReader

eReader is one of the best known eBook formats, in use for over a decade and with hundreds of thousands of customers, and now it's available for iPhone and iPod touch! eReader remembers what page you are on in each eBook, and allows direct wireless transfer of your content to the device's internal storage for offline reading. eReader supports landscape reading, multiple font styles and sizes, table of contents, footnotes, sidebars, dictionary integration (load a dictionary, then look up the meaning of a word in any eBook you're reading) and other advanced features.

Typical eBooks are around half a megabyte in size, meaning you can easily store hundreds of eBooks on your device and still have plenty of room left over for photos, music, and other content. Now you can have an entire library of great reading in your pocket all the time: read on the train or bus, while waiting at the doctor's office, anytime or anywhere. The iPhone and iPod touch make killer eBook reading devices, and eReader is the format of choice for many avid eBook enthusiasts.

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5. Bookmark

O'REILLY Best App for Listening to Audio Books

• Works with audiobooks and podcasts that are already in your iPod. No complicated downloads required!
• Add multiple bookmarks with custom titles and notes.
• Use the innovative Time Ribbon to jump forward or backward by 30 seconds or 1, 5, 15, or 30 minutes.
• Start listening in Bookmark then quit the app to use other apps like Email and SMS while still listening to a book.
• Bookmark starts playing whatever you were last listening to. You don't have to search for a book or even press play!
• Heads-Up Display lets you control playback without even looking at your device.
• Sleep Timer with one-tap capability for adding more time.
• Email the text of bookmarks and notes to yourself or share them with others.

6. Comic Zeal Comic Reader 4

Imagine holding your comic library in your hands; with Comic Zeal, you don't have to imagine.

Your iPad is the perfect device for reading comics, but reading comics and manga isn't like reading books. You need a specialist app that can:

• Organize your comics by series, don't look through hundreds to find the one you want.
• Show you large covers, they'll tell you more than a title.
• Make it easy to move between issues when reading, you'll go through a few in a sitting.
• Reliably zoom in on content, not show you the same borders page after page.
• Be smart about what to show you when you rotate the device, many comics have a mixture of portrait and landscape pages.
• Load big images fast, you don't want to spend five seconds waiting for a page to load.
• Load your comics using USB, wifi or even cloud services like Drop Box.

That app is Comic Zeal. It does everything on the list and much more. It was the first comic reader on the app store more than two years ago. We've been listening to your feedback and improving on it ever since.

If you're still not convinced read the review and have a look at our star rating. Then buy the app and read the usage tips below whilst it's downloading.

Tips

• When zooming, hold the gesture for half a second. Comic Zeal will lock that zoom and position when you turn the page, it's a great way to hide borders. Try zooming using your thumbs while holding the iPad in both hands.
• Have a look through the in-app settings. There you can change he background (try the magic one), adjust brightness, turn on manga mode and other useful things.
• You can turn pages by swiping or tapping the sides of the screen. The tap area is thin so that you can easily reach past it with your thumb for scrolling. The BEST way to change page is to simply slide your thumb from the iPad's frame to the screen and back. It's picked up as a page turn every time and it's very natural.
• You can group comics by pressing 'Edit', select more than one comic, press 'Move', then select the 'New Series ...' option.
• You can import cbz/cbr/rar and zip comics directly into Comic Zeal. You can import PDF using Comic Zeal Sync (details below). If you want to import a folder full of images just zip them up.

7. Tips & Tricks - iPhone Secrets Lite

• Get the most out of your iPhone or iPod Touch with the Lite guide to shortcuts, hidden features, tips & tricks.
• Share Tips via e-mail and twitter.
• Snappy Tips that get straight to the point without the waffle.
• Learn shortcuts, discover hidden features, type faster, browse quicker, secure your data and maximize your battery life…
• Share your new knowledge via e-mail and twitter.

IN THE LITE EDITION:

• Silence incoming calls without the caller knowing.
• Take a screenshot anywhere
• The secrets of the .com key
• Scroll to the top of any page in one tap
• Control your music from any app
• Get orientated in Google Maps
• Shake to undo & redo

NATURAL, INTUITIVE E-READER

Looks & feels like a real book! iPhone Secrets is carefully constructed to suit the iPhone perfectly. Our animated interface allows you to intuitively flip through the pages.

COVERS THE iPOD TOUCH TOO

The majority of tips apply equally to the iPod Touch; there are just 15 tips that are specific to the iPhone. Differences between versions 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1 of the iPhone OS and the 3GS are clearly marked.

8. NIV Bible BibleReader

BibleReader lets you explore the Bible on your iPhone and carry your Bible study library with you wherever you go. BibleReader offers powerful features for Bible reading and study, advanced personal customization, 100+ titles for free download, and a huge catalog available for in-app purchase, including Bible translations, Greek and Hebrew resources, commentaries, dictionaries, foreign language titles, and Christian eBooks.

This application includes the NIV Bible, as well as offering access to all Olive Tree free titles and letting you make in-app purchases from the Olive Tree catalog.

BibleReader FEATURES

• Bookmark your favorite verses. Make personal notes. Create files to sort and store them. A great organizational tool for study, personal devotions, or sermon preparation!
• Split screen reading lets you view two books at once. You can compare Bible translations, view study notes, or read commentaries and reference books side-by-side with Scripture. Sync the windows so they scroll together for easy reference and comparisons.
• With 3-touch Verse Chooser, you can navigate quickly and easily to the exact Bible verse you want by touching book, chapter, and verse.
• Quick, powerful searching lets you find words, phrases, even search in Greek and Hebrew!
• Scripture and other works are stored on your phone, so you don't need a continuous Internet connection. You have full access to your library even when you’re in airplane mode or out of wi-fi range.
• Copy a verse into notes, email, chat—anywhere inside or outside of BibleReader.

9. True Ghost Stories From Around the World

NEW GHOST STORIES ADDED DAILY! COUNTLESS SCARY STORIES SHARED AND READ BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF USERS WORLDWIDE EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THIS APP!

Each day this library grows larger as more and more people share their ghostly experiences for your thrills, chills, and amazement! Will YOUR story be featured tomorrow? Read these stories by candlelight with your friends… but don’t read them alone! Submit your own ghastly story to cause people on the other side of the world to shiver with fear!

Features

• Share your thoughts with each other in each story's Comments section!
• Rating system! Vote for your favorite stories! Easily find the best and most terrifying stories based on rating!
• Ability to Favorite Stories!
• Read Favorited Stories Offline!
• New Design / Better Graphics!
• Categories!
• Share Photos of Ghosts!

10. The Holy Bible

The new Tecarta Bible is the premier iPhone Bible application designed specifically for Bible study, quick navigation and easy note taking. No other application matches the design and functionality of the Tecarta Bible.

Features

• No internet connection required (for downloaded bibles)
• Integrated note taking allows for quick flipping between the Bible and notes
• Email
• Copy and paste multiple verses
• Quick navigation either by using predictive entry in search bar or verse picker
• Night mode for low light output
• Highlight verses
• Shaker generates random verse by shaking verse picker
• Full-text search can be by OT, NT or current book
• Bookmarking
• Notes and Bookmarks can be organized into folders
• History
• Portrait / Landscape mode (optionally disable rotation)
• Cross references by double tapping underlined words in the NIV, TNIV, NASB
• NIV and TNIV are red letter editions, but there is an option to disable red letters