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By: Books Now Outnumber Games on the iPhone – GigaOM

Books Now Outnumber Games on the iPhone – GigaOM — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:11:50 +0000

[...] fits in with something Om wrote recently based on data from Flurry, which also showed a substantial increase in the number of books being downloaded to the iPhone. At the time, Flurry said that Apple was [...]

By: Why eBooks and eMags won’t be the next killer iPhone App « excapite

Why eBooks and eMags won’t be the next killer iPhone App « excapite — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:44:01 +0000

[...] GigaOm is pointing to The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone with the number of new Books apps being launched in the app store now out numbering games. The [...]

By: Nath4n

Nath4n — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:00:04 +0000

Personally nothing can beat the dbelement iPhone Reader app (http://reader.dbelement.com) it’s super fast, actually feels like a bookshelf and it has the mac attitude of “it just works”.

By: Predictions: The Fabulous 5 for 2010 – GigaOM

Predictions: The Fabulous 5 for 2010 – GigaOM — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:45:35 +0000

[...] Kindle e-reader in the news throughout 2010. And as the company adds Kindle functionality to mobile phones and emerging connected devices such as Apple’s rumored Tablet (it’s impossible to [...]

By: All Hail The iPod Touch – GigaOM

All Hail The iPod Touch – GigaOM — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:14:17 +0000

[...] is starting to make its presence felt in the eReader business. It is already a travel planner, thanks to apps like TripIt. So what’s next? (Related Post: The [...]

By: Roundup of eBook Related Articles | The eBook Agency

Roundup of eBook Related Articles | The eBook Agency — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:08:56 +0000

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By: iPhone: el lector de libros más utilizado | Ricón de Ocio

iPhone: el lector de libros más utilizado | Ricón de Ocio — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:01:28 +0000

[...] vez más personas utilizan su iPhone para leer libros. Éste parece ser el lector móvil favorito de los usuarios. Una de cada cinco de [...]

By: Library Links | Turning The Pages Online « Book Mobilize

Library Links | Turning The Pages Online « Book Mobilize — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:10:15 +0000

[...] http://gigaom.com/2009/11/01/iphone-e-book-reader/ [...]

By: Bhagwad Jal Park

Bhagwad Jal Park — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:58 +0000

Out of Stanza and Ereader, Stanza is the better application – for one big, BIG reason – it uses the open format “epub” instead of ereader’s proprietary format.

This means that books downloaded from say Google Books using epub can be read on the iPod Touch or any other device whatsoever. Existing formats can be easily converted to epub using good software like Calibre.

By: Evil Dave

Evil Dave — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:16 +0000

Hear hear! It’s obviously not impossible to read large amounts of text on a screen. I read all of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall on a Palm Treo, and, since switching to an iPhone (with a better screen) I’ve read a ton of books on it. Currently most of the way through Churchill’s History of the Second World War.

And to the other poster who wrote “It is well known that reading on light emitting devices may be bad for your eyes” – it’s well known that it *may* be? So in other words, it’s not known?

By: The Invasion of the Bookish Apps « Follow The Reader

The Invasion of the Bookish Apps « Follow The Reader — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:28:03 +0000

[...] November 5, 2009 by Kat Meyer Lately there’s been a lot of hubbub surrounding the emergence of “book as app.” [...]

By: Roselyn, ATT Uverse Rebates

Roselyn, ATT Uverse Rebates — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:22:04 +0000

I’m not really into reading books from any devices perhaps because my eyes hurt if I stayed reading for about 20-30 minutes. But I know a lot out there love this App, I just hope I could also enjoy it.

By: David McClintock

David McClintock — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:59 +0000

It’s interesting to see how many books are getting released onto iTunes – we’re at a turning point. It shows a ratio of titles added to the catalog – noting that each book gets counted as an “app” – but it doesn’t show what people are actually buying/using.

Just saw this – Ben Lorica points to the sales numbers rather than the number of releases – http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/11/games-top-the-charts-iphone-android-markets.html. Games are still dominant (for now).

By: 100,000 iPhone Apps: Let’s Clap to That. What’s Next?

100,000 iPhone Apps: Let’s Clap to That. What’s Next? — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:15:23 +0000

[...] don’t much care for being advertised to on this most personal of platforms. Apps have made an iPhone into an e-reader and a portable game machine. I predict that with the right apps it can also become a personal [...]

By: Top Posts « WordPress.com

Top Posts « WordPress.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:03:49 +0000

[...] The Next Hot e-Reader: The iPhone Yesterday at the urging of a friend, I ordered “Your Brain at Work” by David Rock on my iPod touch via the [...] [...]

By: Brendan Cody’s Blog » Why wait for an Apple eReader when the iPhone is already here?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:46:06 +0000

[...] being published as apps on the iPhone is growing … fast. Book apps releases in the appstore overtook game apps for the first time ever. 20% of the apps released in September were books. It seems publishers and indie authors are not [...]