Stanza
Stanza turns your iPhone into mini library. The app lets you download and read e-books in a wide variety of formats including epub, MS LIT, Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, PalmDoc, HTML, PDF, MS Word, and Rich Text Format.
The online catalog is made up of many sources...
WHO WOULD USE IT?
Who wouldn’t use it? If you like to read, then you will find this app and the huge choice of titles a delight. It even has a place in business: time poor execs will be able to read business documents while they travel without lugging out their laptop.
Many of the books are classics.
WALK THROUGH
You can download Stanza using iTunes or go to the AppStore where you can download it for free. You can set up an account but you don’t need one as there are lots of free books – a hundred thousand – which you can just download. Lexcycle, the publisher of Stanza, is owned by Amazon. The influence of the owner shows in the links from many free books to Amazon where you can buy a printed copy.
The reading controls are simple. Tapping the right side the screen turns the page and tapping the left side takes you back a page. Tapping in the middle of the screen gives you the controls that tell you how far through the book you are or allow you to exit out of the book to your library
There is a link to buy a print edition if you need one.
Features
The online catalog has over 100,000 titles.
Create and manage your own library of books on your phone.
Bookmark important places in your book.
Stanza remembers where you are up to in any book that you have started reading.
To help you choose a book there are summaries, reader reviews and see a star rating.
You can mark favourites to come back to.
Stanza supports French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Danish, Portuguese, Swedish as well as English.
Publisher's site
http://www.lexcycle.com/
Pros
Reading is very easy even on the small screen.
Cons
If there is a problem, it is the amount of choice that you have in the catalog.
Verdict
This app makes it a pleasure to read books on your phone.