Gutenberg Book Reader26.5 - App Store

Beautiful images, elegant formatting, graceful page turning or scrolling, and precisely customized color and contrast. Contents live from Project Gutenberg with last-minute update, more than 60,000 most important books ever published in history. Plus more than 7,000 human-read audio books.

Number of Books: No other apps have more Gutenberg books, and many competitors are missing some classic Gutenberg books.

Reading: Texts and images are presented by a sophisticated book reader: beautiful presentation, graceful page turning, and the most intelligent Table of Contents (better than any other book reader for the same book).

Listening: There are more than 6,000 human-read audio books. In addition. Full control through headset: pause, play, skip to next/previous track, forward/backward seeking.

Read-along: Audio and Text are synchronized when possible. You can read, listen, or read-Along, and switch between them at will.

Export: Export a book together with your bookmarks and the notes that you insert in the book to anyone and any device, or save it in google drive, one drive, or iCloud.

Version History Updated for better compatibility with the latest iOS version.
Improved the book reading, text-to-speech, and audiobook listening experience.
Includes general bug fixes and performance improvements. 26.5 May 23 Substantially tested against new iPhone devices. Fixed many bugs. 12.0 07/29/2024 (1) Fixed one bug in Quick Book Search
(2) Improved book page display for iPhone 12 11.2 09/10/2021 A minor release:

Fixed one little bug in read-along 11.1 08/15/2021 A major release with the following changes:

1. Improved synchronization between human voices and currently reading text in read-along;
2. Added a new collection of read-along books;
3. Fixed some bugs in audio book download;
4. Fixed a bug in search text within a book;
5. Improved ad banner display. 11.0 08/10/2021 Added a new "quick Search", so clean, so easy to use. We just love it! 10.6 04/25/2021 Fixed one bug in TTS (Text To Speech) reading books. 10.5 04/25/2021 fixed one bug in audiobook search 10.4 04/20/2021 fixed a bug in downloading audio books 10.3 02/22/2021 Fixed some broken links. 10.2 08/29/2020 This release substantially improves both functionality and usability. Specifically
(1) full support of dark mode;
(2) allows both page turning and scrolling;
(3) precise control of font style, size, background color, and contrast;
(4) improved TTS reading of all 60,000+ books;
(5) added a new book category: newly released known books in public domain. 10.1 12/12/2019 This release substantially improves both functionality and usability. Specifically
(1) full support of dark mode;
(2) allow both page turning and scrolling;
(3) precise control of font style, font size, background color, and contrast;
(4) improved TTS reading of all 60,000+ books;
(5) added a book category: newly released known books in public domain. 10 12/11/2019 Emergency fix: Fixed a bug in IOS 13.2, which crashes the app. 9.2 11/02/2019 Automatically save the page number of the page you are reading. 9.1 11/01/2019 Fixed a few minor bugs. 9.0 03/23/2019 1. Change page turning speed: Fast, Normal, Slow
2. Select and download any individual chapter (audio track) in an audio book.
3. Delete unwanted audio tracks, and keep only the few needed in the immediate future ( to save storage).
4. Audio controller on lock screen: jump to next /previous audio track, pause/resume, adjust volume.
5. Improved display for iPhoneX.
6. Fixed a few bugs. 8.10 08/19/2018 1. Select and download any individual chapter (audio track) in an audio book.
2. Delete unwanted audio tracks, and keep only the few needed in the immediate future ( to save storage).
3. Audio controller on lock screen: jump to next /previous audio track, pause/resume, adjust volume.
4. Improved display for iPhoneX.
5. Fixed a few bugs. 8.8 08/15/2018 (1) optimized for iPhone X
(2) fixed a bug in search
(3) fixed a bug in inserting notes
(4) easier to export book and notes
(5) added a "Top College Reading List" 8.7 06/05/2018 (1) optimized for iPhone X
(2) fixed a bug in search
(3) fixed a bug in iserting notes
(4) easier to export book and notes 8.6 05/30/2018 fixed a few bugs showing up in the latest version of IOS 8.5 10/08/2017 (1) shorten app launch time
(2) speed up display of the home screen
(3) optimized for iPhoneX display 8.4 10/03/2017 1. Audio books are separated from non-audio books into its own category and offers a greatly improved user experience.
2. Gutenberg Bookshelves have been enhanced, making it a bit easier to mine the great treasure in Gutenberg
3. My off-line Books also improved.
4. fixed a few bugs. 8.3 09/15/2017 (1) allows TTS reading of any book, and highlight each word as it is read.
(2) fixed a bug in changing font size. Text stays in view after changing font size.
(3) fixed a bug in searching audio book catalog. 8.2 09/04/2017 Landscape display enabled: Now read your books leisurely, hands free!

In-between readings, for a break, enjoy a beautiful video to enrich your reading experience. 8.1 05/25/2017 (1) share books (including bookmarks, notes) between your iPhone and iPad using airDrop;
(2) Export book, bookmarks, notes in an .html file to any device;
(3) Bookmark selected text;
(4) Insert notes, edit and remove notes. Export notes with editing dates. 8.0 03/28/2017