App Watch: The 5 Best E-Reader Apps for the iPhone

Can't afford a fancy e-reader? Cop one of these free programs for your iPhone and nerd out.

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You spend most of your day reading stuff off your phone, why not read some books while you're at it? An entire crop of e-reader apps have popped up for the iPhone that allow you to enjoy most of the features of a stand alone e-reader, just on a much smaller platform... and without an e-ink screen. But, hey, they're still dope, and most of them are free. And some let you adjust the screen and text settings so reading for long periods of time won't leave your pupils effed up. To save you from browsing through the app store, we chose 5 of our favorite e-reader apps below...

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APP: Amazon Kindle for iPhone
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: Amazon's Kindle app isn't as full featured as their stand alone e-reader, but it does its own thing pretty well. It allows you to download any books you've already purchased from the Kindle store for free. You can transfer books easily between your computer, the phone and Kindle. If you're reading a book on your Kindle and then want to continue on your phone, the built in Whispersync feature lets you pick up right where you left off. Pretty dope.
DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

 

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APP: Stanza
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: As phone e-reader's go, this is one of our favorites. For the same price as the ones offered from larger companies (read: Free), Stanza gives you a ton for a little. You can download books from their built in book store, change the covers like you do MP3s in iTunes, change the text and background colors, make the text as sharp or soft as you like. You can make it yours. If gives you the most functionality out of any e-reader on the iPhone. And, yeah, it's free. Can't beat that.
DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

 

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APP: B&N eReader
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: The world's biggest bookstore comes through with an app that allows you to download books for their online ebook store that can then be shared between your computer, your nook and your mobile app. If, for some reason, you switch phone platforms and cop a Blackberry, you can transfer over all the books you've already purchased. When you download it, you not only get the app, you get five free books and copy of Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary.
DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

 

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APP: BookShelf
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: Why would you pay $2.99 for an e-reader when you can cop four for free? Well, if you're using a bunch of odd file formats, you can use BookShelf to treat them just like regular e-books. You can bookmark anything: PDFs, Word Docs, HTML, or even old PalmDocs.
BUY IT NOW FOR $2.99

 

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APP: eReader
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: The app with the straightforward name delivers with a clean interface, easy to use controls and the ability to download over 100,000 books from a couple different book retailers. It does just what it intends to do. Which, for free, is all you can really ask for.
DOWNLOAD IT NOW FOR FREE!

 

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