New iPhone App! The Readdle BookReader
A normal ePub/PDF non-DRM eBook Reader but it sports some interesting features like…
Full Text Search & Seizure
Stealth Night Reading Mode For Ninjas On The Go
Orientation Lock & Load
Font Correction & Re-education
Bookmarks Of The Rich & Famous
The Pig needs more Nyquil
Good Night Moon
Angela James wrote,
You left out that it has what I think is a hefty price tag of $4.99 considering all of the well-established and free apps already out there, and that it doesn’t seem to offer any truly different features than aforementioned free and well-established apps. Not only that, but it offers support for no DRM formats. Only DRM free. I have to admit, I’m kind of puzzled by this. Why would anyone pay $5 for it?
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 4:33 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Sorry Angela I was in cold med haze there…
I woke up long enough to know I needed to go back to bed.
Yeah, I thought that $4.99 was steep price too. Considering Stanza is free and all that and makes it super easy to get eBooks on your phone.
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Angela James wrote,
Bleh, feel better!
It’s just very strange to me, Stanza is free and has so many in-app catalogs you can purchase from, or download free from, and can read those DRM’d books. Kindle, B&N, eReader all allow you to purchase and use DRM’d formats from their respective stores. What draw does Readdle have that would make anyone pay for it?
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 4:49 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Nothing I can see.
I still think the most advanced eBook Reading Concept App was MightyDocs when you store your non-DRM PDFs up in GoogleDocs and then you can simply download them on the fly to your iPhone to read whenever you like.
Plus you have your eBook collection stored in the Google cloud and protected and available to any computer or iPhone you want to use.
Even all that highly advanced functionality is free.
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 4:59 am
Angela James wrote,
You know, it’s not that I even expect apps to be free. But I am a believer in premium pricing: I’m much more likely to try a dozen apps at 99cents each than just one app at $4.99. O’Reilly’s studies have shown that their ebooks will sell more copies for a lower price, making more money than when they sell them at a higher price (on iTunes store).
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 5:05 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Right and the fact you can sell “ebooks” for higher prices if you package them in new ways with other formats like accompanying video and music like iTunes is doing also. Did you check out what Enhanced Editions is doing on the iPhone?
Apple is turning into the digital publishing forefront here.
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Angela James wrote,
I don’t think I’ve seen the iPhone Enhanced Editions, no.
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 5:21 am
TeddyPig wrote,
Either Google Enhanced Editions or in iTunes check out Death of Bunny Munroe by Nick Cave over in apps.
Link | October 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am