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Aug
6
eReader.com has announced that the eReader 1.1 release is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users.
With the release of the 1.1 version of eReader, iPhone and iPod Touch users are not limited to downloading materials from eReader.com and Fictionwise.com. Version 1.1 incorporates the capability to download PDB files from other web sites.
Other new features include the options to lock the screen’s orientation; to tap rather than swipe to turn pages; to select either a white or a black background; to turn off page animation; and to turn off full text justification.
Version 1.1 also provides users with the ability to sort the iPhone or iPod Touch bookshelf by author, title, or date of download.
eReader.com notes that more features will also be added in the pending release of eReader version 1.2.
Watch this demo to learn more about the features of eReader 1.1.
Jul
14
Teleread reports that the Stanza ebook application may be downloaded for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
According to Lexcycle (the provider of Stanza), this app built-in support for a number of document formats, including “HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word, and Rich Text Format reading, as well as all the major eBook standards: unprotected Amazon Kindle and Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, Palm doc, and the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new epub Open eBook standard.”
Continue reading about the Stanza ebook app . . .
Jul
14
iPhone and iPod Touch Ereader Apps
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Manybooks.net draws our attention to a couple of applications that make it possible to use the iPhone and the iPod Touch as ereader devices.The iPhone Bookshelf app supports various formats, including Mobipocket, PalmDoc, Plucker, FictionBook2, HTML, and plain text. The eReader app supports PalmDoc and eReader.
Continue reading about iPhone and iPod Touch apps . . .
Mar
18
How About the iPod as an eReading Device?
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Over at Electric Alphabet, an article discusses the e-book reader possibilities lying ahead for the Apple iPod:
Currently, the iPod Touch doesn’t stack up next to the Kindle in terms of screen size, but it does bring a host of features that make new versions easily adaptable. Its multitouch screen gives it a natural advantage over the Kindle in terms of manipulating documents, not just reading them. While it has wireless internet, the addition of Bluetooth (which the iPhone has but Touch currently does not) would make the use of wireless keyboards a cinch too.