10 Literary Apps for Your New iPad
Dec 24, 2010 10:20 PM EDTIf there's an iPad under your tree, check out Shelf Unbound indie book review magazine’s list of Top 10 Literary Apps for the iPad:
- Bookstores! In addition to IBooks, the App Store also has free e-reader apps from Kindle, Nook, GoogleBooks, and Kobo.
- 3D Classic Lit. Tremendously fun app with Jules Verne, Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and more … complete with audio sound of turning pages.
- Pedlar Lady. Gorgeous animated tale with audio from Moving Tales. When’s the last time someone read you a story?
- ElectricLit. A fantastic quarterly anthology of contemporary short fiction.
- Wattpad. Sort of like YouTube for writers — read, post, comment, vote.
- Flipboard. A favorite of iPad owners, the Flipboard “social magazine” aggregator has an informative section called “FlipReads.”
- Poetry from the Poetry Foundation. Created “to introduce new audiences to the world of poetry.”
- Green Eggs and Ham. The colorful Dr. Seuss world you remember looks particularly vivid on the iPad — “read to me” or “read it myself.”
- Verses. Get your Bard on with this colorful version of magnetic poetry.
- Zinio. Zinio is a digital newsstand offering magazines for purchase and download. Get your literary fix with Shelf Unbound indie book review magazine, available for purchase and download via Zinio’s free app.





