EPUB reader for Windows Phone

[artifex4]

If anyone is interested there'a new eBook reader for Windows Phone that supports EPUB. It's called Artifex4 READER.

What's cool about it, is that it renders content through the WebBrowser component, thus achieving better layout. Also, it can read books to you in any of the installed languages.

Here's a full list of its features:

• high-quality layout using HTML5 rendering
• narration in all installed languages
• color themes and font settings
• search with voice recognition
• internal and external links
• table of contents
• bookmarks
• various book sources: SD card, OneDrive, Project Gutenberg, etc.

You can check out the demo video at the offical website.

It's not free, but it costs only a little.

Truth be told, it hasn't been on the store for some time, but I've been adding features and spreading the word was not a priority till now, so even though it's not exactly new in the store, it's new to the users.

Hope people like it.

[DaleDe]

Since it support HTML5 is it fully ePub 3 compliant?

Dale

[artifex4]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Since it support HTML5 is it fully ePub 3 compliant?

Dale

Hello Dale!

It's an EPUB 2 reader. I'm working on EPUB3 support, but it's not (yet) a priority.

Thanks.

[Sweetpea]

It looks good, but why do you want my phone/user identity, or my data services?

[artifex4]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

It looks good, but why do you want my phone/user identity, or my data services?

Hello and thanks for the comment!

Here's a list of all required permissions for the app:

phone identity + owner identity: I think those two were required for checking whether the app was in trial mode. Might be wrong. If you are very worried, I would look it further.

microphone + speech: Voice search

data services: OPDS, e.g. accessing Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks, etc. from within the app.

SD card: Opening files from the sdcard from within the app

web browser component: the content is rendered through the web browser UI element

Cheers!

[Sweetpea]

SD card, web browser, microphone and speech were clear, but thanks for explaining the other two.

I looked into the phone and owner identity and could only find this page:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/ho...s-requirements

Owner identity – An anonymous identifier that allows an app to distinguish one person from another, but provides no personal info.
Phone identity – A unique device identifier that allows an app to distinguish one phone from another.

And this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wi...vs.105%29.aspx

And it's not that I'm very worried, but I would like if more apps only use the requirements they actually need. Naturally, it's easy for me to say, as I've not developed a WP app myself yet (I really should get to that one day, if only I could think of something to make, considering I'm a .NET developer myself...). But I tend to not install (and posssibly buy) apps that have requirements that I cannot explain. Especially "Owner Identity"...

[Lin2412]

This is noted, thank you all for your information. I have been urging my best friend who has a windows phone to read the books I have recommended to her but she has no knowledge whatsoever about any applications for her phone (she just bought it).