iBooks, Apple’s free digital book reader is a marriage of
convenience and functionality. Through the app you
can dive straight into the Books section of the iTunes
Store and start picking up plenty of free and paid-for
e-literature. When reading through iBooks, there are loads
of cool functions to make the experience as pleasurable as possible
– such as easy, multiple bookmarking of pages and options to tailor
the font style and size to suit your taste, as well as adjust the screen
brightness to suit the conditions you are reading in. iBooks is an essential
app with hundreds of thousands of books available to purchase, so why
doesn’t it come as standard with the device, like Newsstand?
Kindle, With a slick and accessible interface, and a bulging store of digital literature to download, you could barely wedge a cigarette paper between this and iBooks. Thankfully though, they are both free so there is no choice to be made. Download them both and enjoy hours of easy reading on your iPhone.
The Elements for iPhone 4, This visual exploration of our periodic table presents the elements that comprise our universe, laid out ready to be tapped. Highlighting an element brings up fact boxes and artistic flair. An eye-opening spectacle of an app.
Audible, This free app is a companion to audible.co.uk, the UK’s largest provider of digital audiobooks, and is packed with features, including chapter navigation, bookmarking, button free mode and lots of fun extras. If you like listening to audiobooks then you’ll enjoy listening to them through this app.
Kobo – 1 million FREE Books, The biggest draw with the free Kobo app is the volume of free literature that is easily accessible through the app. On setting up an account you select various options, after which it will organise a selection of recommendations.
Comics, Comics is a reading portal and an online digital shop where you can browse and buy comics. All classic characters and series are present, and you can obtain over 500 free comics through the app. It works brilliantly. The only downside is your collection can’t be sold for thousands in years to come.
TouchyBooks Kid’s Interactive Books, A comprehensive e-book store packed with paid-for and free interactive books to engage children. You can even download samples to try first.
Cinderella – Nosy Crow animated picture book, This interactive book provides beautiful illustrations, exciting animations and original music to drive the story.
Another Monster at the End of This Book… Starring Grover & Elmo!, In this sequel, Grover invents hilarious ways to prevent readers from getting closer to, you guessed it, another monster hiding at the end of the story. Great fun for youngsters.
Ladybird Classic Me Books,This is a brilliant, nostalgiainducingapp through which you can purchase classic Ladybird books from your childhood, which are exactly as you remember them – the covers, the vivid illustrations – and put a new technological slant on them. You can read the books as normal, by swiping the pages, or get it narrated to you by a well-known voice. Best of all you can tap on the words or pictures and record your own audio.
Source : iPhone App Directory Volume 9
