I just want to point out that Gutenberg has epubs of their books now, too, so you can read them in iBooks.
Jane On Jul 4, 2012, at 4:47 AM, Rob Harris wrote: > I bought this app too and do like it. > > The feature to import direct from the web worked, though it is a bit > pedantic about the absolutely full address including the http:// prefix > before it worked. But having done that, the Done button did nothing. I > tapped on the new file too and it said selected, but it did nothing, and > nothing took me back to a main screen or any other screen. I used Home to > close it and re-open it and like all these apps, it was where I left it. So > had to resort to the app manager and delete it from there app switcher if > you like, but starting it fresh got over it, but terrible cumbersome if you > need to download several books. I have tons and can share links to them if > there's a demand. Project Gutenberg can supply endless .txt books too of > course. > > This could be as useful as the old DOS readit app from years ago, if it does > all the things it is meant to, reliably and simply. > > But yes, when I got to read the file of over 100k, it went from paragraph > to paragraph using blank lines as block markers. This appealed to me given > it was my poetry book I'd loaded, so it did quite good with the metre of the > verses. > > I tried to contact the authors/developers to point out my issue, another > Italian product I note, no response yet, but too soon too. > > R! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brett" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 12:17 AM > Subject: RE: best app for reading text files > > > Hi, > > > > I agree that ILike2Read is the best app for reading text files. All the > other apps that can do text files do not remember your place in the file and > don't let you navigate in them properly. You can only skip by large chunks. > > > > The only issue with ILike2Read is that to import the text file it must be > zipped first, which is often not the case with text files since they are > quite small when you download them from the web. > > > > Cheers, > > Brett. > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Annie Skov Nielsen > Sent: Wednesday, 4 July 2012 8:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: best app for reading text files > > > > Hi. > > > > It is not expensive, I can not remember the price 1 or 2 dollars I think.. > > > > Ilike2read is a great app, and you can also open a file from a mail if you > have send the file to yourself, as I often do, that has been made possible > in the last update of Ilike2read. > > > > Best regards Annie. > > Den Jul 3, 2012 kl. 8:12 PM skrev Geovanni Bahena: > > > > > > Oh that sounds cool. Is it a free app? If not, how much does it cost? > > Thanks, > > Geo > > > > From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 12:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: best app for reading text files > > > > Hi, the app called ILike2Read should read these files just fine. Note the > spelling of the app. You can either use iTunes file sharing to import the > files, or you can email a zip file containing the text files to yourself, > and when you open the zip file attachment from your phone, choose to open it > with ILike2Read. > > > > Good luck. > > > > -- > > Raul A. Gallegos > > Sent from my brain > > http://www.raulgallegos.com > > Twitter: @rau47 > > > On Jul 3, 2012, at 1:04 PM, RDLAW <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a number of books that are either ".txt" or ".brl". 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