Read E-Books on Your iPhone - Page 2

Kris777 · 11-16-2010, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuBiB

im signed up for the Ectaco mailing list since i purchased a few jetBooks and they just sent me an e-mail that they have some sort of new iphone apps out and theyre free for a limited time.

havent checked it out yet but here are the main ones:

ectaco language teacher
ectaco ulearn
ectaco linguistic crosswords
ectaco audio keyboard

im out of the country now so i cant download them but if anyone checks them out let me know!

Thanks for this information. I just downloaded language teacher. It works fine
(you need wifi connection to download it )

tofubean · 11-16-2010, 03:46 AM

I used to read a few books on stanza but i find it distracting to keep flipping the pages due to the limited words per page. And i get a little frustrated when i get calls/sms when i'm engrossed in the book.

But iphone is really portable and i do prefer using it to read especially in trains where the light isn't so great for eink.

toddos · 11-16-2010, 05:10 AM

I do all of my reading in stanza on my iPhone. The small page size hasn't bothered me much, but then I use a relatively small font size, turn on hyphenation, and modify unruly books to remove extraneous left/right margins (some are really, really bad, like adding 1em left and right margins -- that's fine for a larger device like an iPad, but it kills on the tiny screen).

I have several other options for ebook reading, including a Sony PRS-300 and an Augen android tablet, yet I keep coming back to my iPhone because I always have it with me. At this point I've probably read close to 40 novels on my iPhone (at least 20 that I've tracked through calibre, plus handful more in Stanza prior to using calibre and at least that many on the old Fictionwise ereader before making the switch to the superior epub format and stanza reader). Prior to getting an iPhone, I read books on an old Windows CE palm device from 2000, so pretty much my entire decade-long history of e-reading has been on small devices.

I'll probably replace my iPhone at some point within the next year, either with a Windows Phone 7 device (Freda is out, so now I'm just waiting for decent hardware on better providers than AT&T and T-Mobile) or an Android device. The only reason I haven't switched to an Android device already is because I still have ~8 months left on my iPhone contract and so may as well wait for another generation of phone hardware and the 3.0 OS. Regardless of what device changes I make, I will continue to read ebooks on small-screen devices as my primary method of reading.

=X= · 11-16-2010, 09:51 AM

Though I much prefer my kindle, I have read many books on my phone(storm). I typically use my phone for night reading or a quick read

MerLock · 11-16-2010, 11:01 AM

I've read several books on my 2nd generation iTouch. I started off using stanza but have now moved on to iBooks. I enjoy iBook's simplicity while it retains a lot of the functions I use most.

*Bookmarks
*Note taking
*Dictionary
*Easy to adjust lighting
*Searching

The thing I do miss about Stanza is that I was able to get content onto my iTouch wirelessly through Calibre. I haven't found a way to do the same using iBooks.

leebase · 11-16-2010, 11:19 AM

I started with reading ebooks on my iPhone. I tried a free kindle book and got hooked. I moved on to my iPad, but still use my iPhone when I'm out and about without my iPad.

For reading novels, the iPhone/iPod Touch are quite good as readers. Small and light.

Lee

Leep · 11-16-2010, 11:20 AM

[QUOTEThe thing I do miss about Stanza is that I was able to get content onto my iTouch wirelessly through Calibre. I haven't found a way to do the same using iBooks. ][/QUOTE]

You might try the new BlueFire Reader and Dropbox. They work well together, plus if you follow the directions, you can mate Adobe Digital Editions with Bluefire to read library ebooks without removing the DRM.

cheers

Zevs · 11-16-2010, 11:49 AM

I have now read a number of books on the iPhone and is completely sold on that. Previously I used the Sony Reader, but find myself more and more using the iPhone for my reading. I use different applications for this, Stanza has probably been my favorite so far, but I also regularly use the Kindle app and Txtr and now recently also started with the Bluefire reader. Which one I use depends on where I can get hold of the books I want to read, that is the main reason for selecttng on or the other of these apps.

Zevs

neonbible · 11-16-2010, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by holterzoff

Hi,
i've read several books on my iphone - some real heavy weights like george r.r. martin.

Ditto! Ok I didn't read the entire Clash of Kings on the phone, but a large chunk. Since I got my Kindle I generally read a lot more novels now. I tend to read Kindle at home whilst on the couch or in bed. But use the iPhone when on the train or out and about.

I have settled with iBooks. Didn't like it at first coming from Stanza as it seemed to be a bit slow (first version) and lacked a lot of features. But as a reading app, its clean, simple and very easy on the eyes. The TOC and bookmark icon look really nice.

toddos · 11-16-2010, 02:44 PM

iBooks is a total fail so long as it continues to waste space with huge margins for UI chrome, does not support a white-on-black reading mode (no, using the Accessibility settings' invert colors option is not sufficient), and doesn't have a way of loading books not through iTunes. It'd also be nice if they'd add better font selections, fix some of their font kerning issues, and add hyphenation, but I'd just be happy if iBooks would stop wasting so much space and properly support white-on-black.

midlifec · 11-16-2010, 03:15 PM

I read my first ebook on my iphone about a year ago and haven't picked up a paper book since!
Stanza is best, I find, for epubs; if reading txt files (and lots of other formats including pdf's) then Goodreader can't be beaten.
Bluefire looks really good, but I have had to abandon it because it crashes my iphone - a known issue which I hope will be sorted out soon.
Transferring books from desktop to iphone is a piece of cake; either using itunes or iphone explorer (but you need to jailbreak to use iphone explorer)
And we all thank Kovid for Calibre......

Illinifan · 11-24-2010, 11:07 AM

I've read a couple of dozen books on my iPod touch Gen 3 using Stanza. However, yesterday, I downloaded Bluefire and will be giving it the test run over the holiday weekend (mostly standing in line on Black Friday). Bluefire gets the nod for ease of getting library books, but early indications are that Stanza may be more readable due to the margin issue in Bluefire.

Pregasviel · 11-26-2010, 03:57 PM

I read just two entire books on my Iphone, it was "the Sword of truth". As i'm french, the late book entitled "the confessor" was not yet translated in my language. So I decided to read it in english on my iphone with Stanza...it was not a torture, but not a pleasure too... but i remember that i really appreciated Stanza's settings, we are able to modify the backgroung, the level of lightning in the app and so on, a great app.

adewfaw · 12-01-2010, 07:50 PM

I have few textbooks I'd like to read on iphone 4. (Noob from long use of WM phones). Is there a way I can use different readers (e.g. ibooks, ibookshelf, FastPDF) to read the same books?

ebusinesstutor · 12-08-2010, 01:33 AM

My only ebook reader is my iPhone. I keep looking at the other ereaders, but when I compare them side by side, I am not sure the difference is worth paying for.

I use Stanza on my iPhone and I like that I can dim the brightness and read at night without the lights on.

I thought of an iPad and may get one but I believe it is too heavy for me to lay in bed and read. I would use it more in coffee shops for email, web, news and magazines.

11-16-2010, 11:01 AM	#20
MerLock Evangelist Posts: 411 Karma: 1034889 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	I've read several books on my 2nd generation iTouch. I started off using stanza but have now moved on to iBooks. I enjoy iBook's simplicity while it retains a lot of the functions I use most. Bookmarks Note taking Dictionary Easy to adjust lighting Searching The thing I do miss about Stanza is that I was able to get content onto my iTouch wirelessly through Calibre. I haven't found a way to do the same using iBooks. Last edited by MerLock; 11-16-2010 at 12:30 PM.*

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11-16-2010, 03:46 AM	#17
tofubean Connoisseur Posts: 75 Karma: 64 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: K3, iPad, PW	I used to read a few books on stanza but i find it distracting to keep flipping the pages due to the limited words per page. And i get a little frustrated when i get calls/sms when i'm engrossed in the book. But iphone is really portable and i do prefer using it to read especially in trains where the light isn't so great for eink.

11-16-2010, 05:10 AM	#18
toddos Guru Posts: 695 Karma: 822675 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Aura, Nokia Lumia 920 (Freda)	I do all of my reading in stanza on my iPhone. The small page size hasn't bothered me much, but then I use a relatively small font size, turn on hyphenation, and modify unruly books to remove extraneous left/right margins (some are really, really bad, like adding 1em left and right margins -- that's fine for a larger device like an iPad, but it kills on the tiny screen). I have several other options for ebook reading, including a Sony PRS-300 and an Augen android tablet, yet I keep coming back to my iPhone because I always have it with me. At this point I've probably read close to 40 novels on my iPhone (at least 20 that I've tracked through calibre, plus handful more in Stanza prior to using calibre and at least that many on the old Fictionwise ereader before making the switch to the superior epub format and stanza reader). Prior to getting an iPhone, I read books on an old Windows CE palm device from 2000, so pretty much my entire decade-long history of e-reading has been on small devices. I'll probably replace my iPhone at some point within the next year, either with a Windows Phone 7 device (Freda is out, so now I'm just waiting for decent hardware on better providers than AT&T and T-Mobile) or an Android device. The only reason I haven't switched to an Android device already is because I still have ~8 months left on my iPhone contract and so may as well wait for another generation of phone hardware and the 3.0 OS. Regardless of what device changes I make, I will continue to read ebooks on small-screen devices as my primary method of reading.

11-16-2010, 09:51 AM	#19
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Though I much prefer my kindle, I have read many books on my phone(storm). I typically use my phone for night reading or a quick read

11-16-2010, 11:19 AM	#21
leebase Karma Kameleon Posts: 2,960 Karma: 26738313 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: iPad Mini, iPhone X, Kindle Fire Tab HD 8, Walmart Onn	I started with reading ebooks on my iPhone. I tried a free kindle book and got hooked. I moved on to my iPad, but still use my iPhone when I'm out and about without my iPad. For reading novels, the iPhone/iPod Touch are quite good as readers. Small and light. Lee

11-16-2010, 11:20 AM	#22
Leep Guru Posts: 739 Karma: 1018859 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Near Seattle Device: kindle1, K3, K3G (thanks MR), iTouch, Kindle Touch	[QUOTEThe thing I do miss about Stanza is that I was able to get content onto my iTouch wirelessly through Calibre. I haven't found a way to do the same using iBooks. ][/QUOTE] You might try the new BlueFire Reader and Dropbox. They work well together, plus if you follow the directions, you can mate Adobe Digital Editions with Bluefire to read library ebooks without removing the DRM. cheers

11-16-2010, 11:49 AM	#23
Zevs Book lover!! Posts: 133 Karma: 182 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony Reader 505; Nowadays Stanza, Kindle, Txtr and Bluefire on iPhone	I have now read a number of books on the iPhone and is completely sold on that. Previously I used the Sony Reader, but find myself more and more using the iPhone for my reading. I use different applications for this, Stanza has probably been my favorite so far, but I also regularly use the Kindle app and Txtr and now recently also started with the Bluefire reader. Which one I use depends on where I can get hold of the books I want to read, that is the main reason for selecttng on or the other of these apps. Zevs

11-16-2010, 02:44 PM	#25
toddos Guru Posts: 695 Karma: 822675 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo Aura, Nokia Lumia 920 (Freda)	iBooks is a total fail so long as it continues to waste space with huge margins for UI chrome, does not support a white-on-black reading mode (no, using the Accessibility settings' invert colors option is not sufficient), and doesn't have a way of loading books not through iTunes. It'd also be nice if they'd add better font selections, fix some of their font kerning issues, and add hyphenation, but I'd just be happy if iBooks would stop wasting so much space and properly support white-on-black.

11-16-2010, 03:15 PM	#26
midlifec ebooks on iPhone fanatic Posts: 29 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: UK Device: iphone	I read my first ebook on my iphone about a year ago and haven't picked up a paper book since! Stanza is best, I find, for epubs; if reading txt files (and lots of other formats including pdf's) then Goodreader can't be beaten. Bluefire looks really good, but I have had to abandon it because it crashes my iphone - a known issue which I hope will be sorted out soon. Transferring books from desktop to iphone is a piece of cake; either using itunes or iphone explorer (but you need to jailbreak to use iphone explorer) And we all thank Kovid for Calibre......

11-24-2010, 11:07 AM	#27
Illinifan Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 210032 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dayton, OH Device: iPad 4, iPhone 4, iPod touch, Sony PRS 300	I've read a couple of dozen books on my iPod touch Gen 3 using Stanza. However, yesterday, I downloaded Bluefire and will be giving it the test run over the holiday weekend (mostly standing in line on Black Friday). Bluefire gets the nod for ease of getting library books, but early indications are that Stanza may be more readable due to the margin issue in Bluefire.

11-26-2010, 03:57 PM	#28
Pregasviel Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	I read just two entire books on my Iphone, it was "the Sword of truth". As i'm french, the late book entitled "the confessor" was not yet translated in my language. So I decided to read it in english on my iphone with Stanza...it was not a torture, but not a pleasure too... but i remember that i really appreciated Stanza's settings, we are able to modify the backgroung, the level of lightning in the app and so on, a great app.

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12-01-2010, 07:50 PM	#29
adewfaw Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	I have few textbooks I'd like to read on iphone 4. (Noob from long use of WM phones). Is there a way I can use different readers (e.g. ibooks, ibookshelf, FastPDF) to read the same books?

12-08-2010, 01:33 AM	#30
ebusinesstutor Star Gawker Posts: 526 Karma: 6944314 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Spruce Grove, AB Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	My only ebook reader is my iPhone. I keep looking at the other ereaders, but when I compare them side by side, I am not sure the difference is worth paying for. I use Stanza on my iPhone and I like that I can dim the brightness and read at night without the lights on. I thought of an iPad and may get one but I believe it is too heavy for me to lay in bed and read. I would use it more in coffee shops for email, web, news and magazines.