The iPhone is many things beside a phone of course, and what must be the most-used feature is audio – usually music. And audio impinges heavily on the reading experience as well, whether it’s listening to an album while you’re reading, or making the full transition to an audiobook read in a lively and entertaining style. (The audiobook has been around for many years now, from those huge tape packs you used to buy for long car journeys, through CDs to a new lease of life as mp3s from retailers like Audible and iTunes. The fact that audiobooks frequently outsell the hardback edition of many books is a direct but little-quoted challenge to the persistent idea that the physical, paper book is the only “real” way to read.) (more…)
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App Store Reviews
Brilliant 
"A fantastic way to really get into a book."
The Future?
"Awesome. Finally something substantial for the iPhone that's more than just a game or a gimmick. Worth the price."
Incredible App
"Such an enjoyable way to experience a novel, seamlessly blending text, audio and video. Substantial, highly polished and very well presented. Great value for money too."
Cave-at Emptor (not really, it's great!)
"The app has been lovingly produced with attention to detail apparent at every stage."
Fantastic
"A really brilliant and unique way of delivering a book by embracing and rejoicing in the technology, this is no adaption, this is the full on arm in arm partnership between author, publisher and app-builder."
Amazing
"This is how audiobooks should be on iTunes!"
diggin' it
"Really digging this book and the app is super slick - great typography, the tilt to scroll feature is awesome and the videos / soundtrack are nice little extras.."
