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AudioBookShelf app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 1970 ratings )
Entertainment Book
Developer: Cross Forward Consulting, LLC
1.99 USD
Current version: 3.0.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 29 Oct 2009
App size: 5.42 Mb

* Now with Retina display and backgrounding for your iPhone 4. PLUS, an all new Adventure pack is available for purchase. Enjoy! *

❝AudioBookShelf deserves applause for its slick interface.❞ - SmokingApples.com

❝AudioBookShelf is perfect for that siesta or office shift.❞ - MacStories.net

❝AudioBookShelf is a well-put together app and the book selection is set up pretty nice and presented well.❞ - Appmodo


AudioBookShelf is a unique, fun, and extremely useful app to listen to some of historys most treasured masterpieces. Its also a Universal application, which gives you two great apps...for one low price.

Unlike other audiobook applications, AudioBookShelf has been carefully curated to include only the highest quality audiobooks. Using audiobooks from the LibriVox project, which has volunteers from around the world read their favorite books, we took the time to identify the most popular books with the best readers. We did all the work for you; your only job is to enjoy high-quality audiobooks at the touch of your finger.

Other audiobook outlets charge $9 or more for each of these types of books. AudioBookShelf currently contains thirteen classics all for one low price, which is a savings of over $100.

AudioBookShelf currently includes:

‣ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
‣ Anne of Green Gables
‣ The Art of War
‣ A Christmas Carol
‣ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
‣ Gullivers Travel
‣ The Invisible Man
‣ Jane Eyre
‣ Pride and Prejudice
‣ Sleepy Hollow
‣ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
‣ Treasure Island
‣Twas the Night Before Christmas
‣ Wuthering Heights

Want more? Consider purchasing the all new Adventure pack, which includes:

‣ Robinson Crusoe
‣ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
‣ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
‣ Tarzan of the Apes
‣ The Last of the Mohicans


Features:

‣ Beautifully crafted books and bookshelf. Youll wish you had this shelf of books in your home!
‣ Intuitive, landscape layout. Browse your bookshelf the way you would in real life.
‣ Listen offline. Books will be downloaded to your device, so you can listen without worrying about a network connection.
‣ Playback control. Includes play, pause, rewind, fast forward, play 2x faster, navigate to any point in chapter, chapter browser, and a sleep timer.
‣ Automatic Bookmarking. AudioBookShelf will bookmark the books you are listening to and start right where you left off last time.

Requirements:

‣ Network connection required to initially download books. Books will be downloaded by chapter. Once downloaded, books can be listened to without connectivity.

Pros and cons of AudioBookShelf app for iPhone and iPad

AudioBookShelf app good for

 This app is a must. Slick interface, great price, classic books, awesome app. 
I like this app but I wish they would add the DaVinci code and some other Dan brown books.
Unlike other apps these readers are excellent. Please add more books!
Ive bought a bunch of audiobooks for the drive to work this is really an awesome price for all the books you get!
I had heard of the free LibriVox recordings and that many were poorly narrated so I never bothered to check them out, however, reading in the app description that the included recordings were screened, I downloaded. Love it, love it, love it. Thanks for the screenings...I really appreciate that. I always wanted to try one of these books but never got around to it knowing that finding a well read selection would be an arduous task. I did hear that Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse was a good one but I never checked it out for myself.
I got this app and LOVE it!!!!!!! But could you please add Fahrenheit 451 By:Ray Bradbury

Some bad moments

For the first time I got in this market an audiobook, where "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "Treasure Island" are read with male voices. But "Gullivers Travels" are stubbornly read with " SCUM Manifesto" voice. Alas, poor Dean.
This is the best audiobook site so far. I bought it as an investment, in anticipation of more books being added and the price of the app going up. Unfortunately this has yet to happen. Listen, if you need readers contact me. I have an English minor and am an excellent speaker. I would be happy to read these books for a fee, just tell me how to go about it. So many people want more books read by people that speak English and speak it well! You have my contact information.
2800 book from public domain but only a dozen get the presidential up grade? Why ca I get moby dick on the original audio book but get the night before Christmas for the fru fru library inter face. Work with me here people, or are you pushing me to get a kendle
We have been asking for more books since November 2009 and received NOTHING! Thanks for no new books, and all your generous attention (LOL)!!!
I guess I should of read the discripton before I pirchased this app. Not a lot of books available. Wow! Will be removing this one
I have only 14 books and the application downloaded upside down. Not a big deal but weird. Great graphics. Very user friendly environment. I wish it would offer new releases or best author books that I could purchase.