Top 10 Apps to Turn Your iPod Touch or iPhone into an Ebook Reader

Why buy a Kindle when you could buy an iPhone or iPod Touch? Have an extra $500 sitting around that you can use to buy the most popular eReader on the market (and that is before paying for any eBooks)? No? Fortunately for iPod touch and iPhone users you can download eReader applications free and access the world of public domain books without spending a cent.

Instead of being forced to the Amazon Whispernet, stuck with black & white and a simple web browser/rss reader - why not simply modify your iPhone or iPod Touch. The screen is color and clear, you already pay that monthly service fee, you can play media, you have the whole internet as your library to find eBooks and... it's a Phone!
It comes Down to Useability

A purpose built bit of hardware that is designed for reading eBooks. That is what a eBook Reader is! It has a large screen so you can fit the equivalent A4 page of text onto it, it holds on to tradition with the dimensions much similar to a book, and the screen itself usually has no backlight due to a variety of e-paper technology - helping your eyes avoid strain over reading periods running into the hours.

1. BookShelfLT

Price: Free
Formats Supported: Text, HTML, fb2, Plucker, PalmDoc (Aportis), and many non-DRM (non-encrypted) Mobi files.
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2. eReader

Price: Free
Formats Supported: eReader
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3. Free iPhone eBooks

Free iPhone eBooks has a limited selection of classics.
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4. Libris

Price: $2.99
Released: 10/11/2008
Formats Supported: Plain text, PalmDoc, non-secure eReader files, non-secure MobiPocket files, Libris
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Latest Updated: 19/08/2009

5. Libris Lite

It's the above but you can only read the following free ebooks.

"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town" by Cory Doctorow
"Thoughtcrime Experiments" edited by Sumana Harihareswara and Leonard Richardson
"Little Brother" by Cory Doctorow
"Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
"Accelerando" by Charles Stross
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly

6. Penguin Group USA
Price: Free
Formats Supported: N/A
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Notes: Provides podcasts, interviews, essays, and more related to Penguin books and authors. Penguin has also announced record profits for online ebook publishing in 2009 and Enriched eBooks classics series.

7. Readdle BookReader
Price: $4.99
Project Guttenberg is supported
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8. Safari Books Online
Price: Free
Formats Supported: Safari Books
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A valid Safari Books Online subscription with the ability to download content.
A connection to a wireless network

9. Scrollbox
Status: Does not seem to be updated
Price: Free

10. Stanza
Price: Free
Formats Supported: including Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, PalmDoc, Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, HTML, and PDF
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