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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