Audiobooks
By Cross Forward Consulting, LLC
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Description
Join the more than 2,200,000 people who have used Audiobooks to listen to over 3,535 classic audiobooks for FREE. In addition to all our free content, we also now include a growing collection of premium audiobooks for your enjoyment. Audiobooks is a fantastic way to access all your favorite audiobooks on your iPhone or iPod Touch. This application gives you access to over 20,000 hours worth of great audiobook content.
Audiobooks provides a simple and straightforward way to listen to many of the best classic books, from Oliver Twist to Moby Dick, and Pride and Prejudice to the Art of War. In addition to all the best classics, we now offer MODERN titles like How to Train Your Dragon and My Sister’s Keeper for purchase right inside the app!
Here's a list of Great features available in Audiobooks:
BACKGROUND PLAYBACK now available with iOS 4 so you can check your email or play a game while listening to your favorite audiobook on any device that supports multitasking
DOWNLOAD books for offline playback
ADVANCED search by Most Popular, Genre, Duration, Author, Narrator or Language
SURPRISE ME! shows you a random book to read, so if you don't want to decide what to read, the app will select for you
UPGRADE to the paid version to remove ads, and access some other great features
AUTOMATIC BOOKMARKING to keep your place in all the books you are listening to
SLEEP TIMER so you can listen while you doze off, but the book doesn't keep playing all night
MY BOOKS section to keep track of all the books you are listening to
SHARE with friends by telling them what you're listening to on facebook, twitter, or via email
SLIDE the bar to get to the right spot in the chapter
Whether you are stuck in traffic, waiting for your connection, cramming for that English test, or just relaxing on your sofa, Audiobooks provides your most beloved audiobooks at the touch of your finger.
Many of the recordings used in this application are taken from the LibriVox project. This project has volunteers from around the world record their favorite classic books and then release them for the world to enjoy.
What's New in Version 4.8.1
- Minor Bug Fix to fix FAQ section in iOS5
Customer Reviews
It's a waste of money
I bought the Plus package and got nothing. Wanted to get my refunds. Be aware don't spend money on this app.
Audiobook
This is a poorly designed app: books are listed only in alphabetical order, making discovery difficult. That is, you can't browse by category or interest (free, best sellers, fiction/non fiction, etc.) Audible is a far better alternative in my opinion: you can browse by category/interest; you get artwork upfront with a summary and a sample; and the list prices are on par with Audiobook's. Audible also offers a subscription.
Great app, needs to remember location
I love this. Many readers are excellent. My only complaint is that if you quit it entirely it starts you at the beginning of the chapter you were on regardless of how far you were into that chapter.
Also it lost my books after iOS 5.0.1 upgrade. After requesting them again they reappeared and I didn't have to re-download.
It doesn't always continue to play in background for some activities.
These are small matters and don't detract much.
- Free
- Category: Books
- Updated: Nov 10, 2011
- Version: 4.8.1
- Size: 12.5 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Cross Forward Consulting, LLC
- © 2009 Cross Forward Consulting, LLC
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Top In-App Purchases
- Plus Unlimited$7.99
- Premium Feature Set$0.99
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The$0.99
- Pride and Prejudice$0.99
- Treasure Island$0.99
- Art of War, The$0.99
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland$0.99
- Great Expectations$0.99
- Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The$0.99
- Anne of Green Gables$0.99
