BookBookShelf for iPhone and iPod Touch
BookShelf is an easy to use electronic book reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available through the AppStore, BookShelf installs easily on your mobile device. Paired with the ShelfServer application on your desktop, you can easily download books from your computer to your device and start reading instantly.
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New User? Start here!
If you've just purchased BookShelf and want to load books onto your iThing, the following resources should help. The basic process is to first start the ShelfServer application on your computer, select folders containing the books you want to share, and then download the books onto your iThing.
For a quick & easy introduction, you should check out the Quick Start page which explains the whole process.
More visual users might prefer to take a look at our Demonstration Videos which should get you up in running in about 15 minutes.
Not sure yet?
If you're still deciding if BookShelf is right for you, read on for features and supported file formats. You might also want to take a look at the Demonstration Videos for a quick tour of the application.
For more screenshots and a walk through of the application, check out Using BookShelf.
Features
Some of BookShelf's features include:
- Read in portrait or landscape with the ability to "lock-in" an orientation regardless of the device's current position.
- Add named bookmarks to any document type.
- Auto-scroll at various speeds to read "hands-free".
- Support for large files -- no upper limit on size, and files as large as 10MB open in seconds.
- Color themes for foreground and background color.
- User selectable font and size
- Easy interface to download books from your desktop OR from online book stores
- Completely off-line usage. Once downloaded to the device, books can be read without an Internet connection, even in airplane mode.
Supported File Formats
BookShelf currently supports the following book formats with more on the way. For full information on formats, please see BookShelf Supported Formats.
- Plain Text [.txt]
- HTML with images [.html]
- FictionBook2 with images [.fb2]
- PalmDoc / AportisDoc [.pdb]
- MobiPocket with images (unencrypted, not HuffDict compression) [.pdb, .prc, .mobi]
- Plucker with images [.pdb]
- Compiled HTML with images [.chm]
- MIME HTML with images [.mht]
- Rich Text (currently with limited characterset support) [.rtf]
- Word DOC - only Word 97+, not DOCX, translated to plain-text (formatting is lost)
- ZIP Archives - internal folder structure is flattened, but supported files can be extracted
Please note that at this time, BookShelf does not support PDB files which were created for the iSilo or eReader programs. Support for these formats is planned for a future release.
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Latest News
- 2008-Nov-11: Temporary Support Slow down [Click 'All News' for details]
- 2008-Nov-06: Version 1.3 Available
- 2008-Oct-07: Server issues nearly resolved
- 2008-Oct-04: 1.2 Available NOW
- 2008-Sep-17: Version 1.2 Submitted to Apple
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