I recently bought a wonderful $0.99 iPhone app named Classics. This app is on sale and I beleive the original price was $2.99. If you enjoy reading Classics is for you.
Classics is a collection of books that are out of copyright and are favorites of many book lovers. I am currently in the second chapter of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. When I bought it the collection had 13 books including A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The creator of Classics has promised new books in future updates.
The books are presented in a virtual scrolling bookshelf with custom cover art. The books have page turn animations and sounds and a bookmark animation. Classics remembers your last page read in each book and returns you there the next time you open that book.
The books are easy for me to read and the app has not crashed for me. If you like to read classic books you will like Classics.
23 Nov 2008 at 6:54 PM |
Omg… that sounds amazing! Thanks so much for talking about this app. I will have to get it.
28 Mar 2009 at 5:55 PM |
I’d be interested in hearing how you’d compare it to Stanza which is free an serves a similar purpose. Stanza offers free books from a range of sources including the out of copyright works you mention here along with some paid for books. You download these as you want to your iPhone through an online library.
3 Apr 2009 at 12:49 AM |
I have used Stanza to download and read out of copyright books, like 1984. It has an easy to use way of downloading books. I also use Kindle for iPhone. I have bought two books for Kindle. I read Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell on Kindle. It is an excellent book.