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BookShelf for iPhone and iPod Touch

posted Dec 9, 2011 4:07 PM by Anantha Narayan

BookShelf for iPhone and iPod Touch

BookShelf is an easy to use electronic book reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available through the AppStore

BookShelf screen shot displaying War and Peace

BookShelf's features include:

  • Read in portrait or landscape with the ability to "lock-in" an orientation regardless of the device's current position.
  • Add named bookmarks to any document type.
  • Auto-scroll at various speeds to read "hands-free".
  • Support for large files -- no upper limit on size, and files as large as 10MB open in seconds.
  • User selectable font and size
  • Easy interface to download books from your desktop OR from online book stores
  • Completely off-line usage. Once downloaded to the device, books

Supported File Formats :

  • Plain Text [.txt]
  • HTML with images [.html]
  • PalmDoc / AportisDoc [.pdb]
  • MobiPocket with images (unencrypted, not HuffDict compression) [.pdb, .prc, .mobi]
  • Rich Text (currently with limited characterset support) [.rtf]
  • Word DOC - only Word 97+,
  • ZIP Archives -