The iPhone as an eBook reader
iPhone 2.0 (that’s either the original or the 3G version) + BookShelf (£6.99 / $10) = a perfect eBook reader, which also has a built-in repository for public domain works, downloadable for free. Titles include Alice in Wonderland, Anna Karenina, Around the world in 80 days, A journey to the interior of the earth, A tale of two cities, A Christmas Carol… And that’s just the A’s!
In addition, you can set up your own Shelf Server, which allows you to copy any books you want to your iPhone / iPod Touch, in myriad formats.
Bargain, and it works really well. Fantastic stuff. And with a 16gb iThing, you can carry well in excess of 20,000 books with you at any time. Which, come to think of it, is roughly the number of free books available in Project Gutenberg. You’re welcome.
Take that, Amazon Kindle!
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Thanks for the tip, Keep up the great work.