iLibrary+audio app for iPhone and iPad

4.7 ( 5577 ratings )

Education Book
Developer: ivMob Inc.

0.99 USD

Current version: 4.4, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Feb 2009
App size: 48.38 Mb

Top #5 paid app in books, July 2009. More than 200 users rated it 5 stars *****!!! iLibrary ( 233 books ) integrates classic books with a powerful audio player/download-manager.
Free for limited time.
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4.3. Added search and bookmarks.
4.2. Fixed updated audio links.
4.1:--Support background audio play.
4.0:--Added 123 audio books.
3.0:-- Added 163 books. More audio will be added with free update.

It is an advanced multimedia book reader with text-audio synchronization! Plus bedtime story controller !!

It brings iTouch/iPhone users comfortable reading experiences with extremely easy operations:

- Open the first chapter of a book; touch the "audio" to show audio window.
- Click "download all chapters" to start download.
- After about 10 seconds, touch "play" to listen to audio, and the text scrolls automatically at the natural reading speed.
- It continues to the next chapter. It is so easy that you may continue to read/listen through the whole book WITHOUT a single touch!!

Our research shows that high quality audio greatly helps users read through books, especially on mobile devices.

Great value:
-Many people are paying US$400+ for a "text+audio ebook reader" device. Now you have it in iLibrary. Thank Apple for the wonderful platform, which saves you hundreds of dollars!!!
- It can cost US$500+ to buy the same titles from other audio book stores. Now you have it in iLibrary. Free on-demand download of high quality audio books from Librivox.

Advanced functions:
- Support horizontal(landscape) text reader.
- Change text color and font size.
- Options to download a chapter or an entire audio book.
- Options to delete a chapter or an entire audio book to save disk space.
- Background download while reading, with status bar.
- Bookmark on exit for each book, and restore on restart.
- Children friendly. The bedtime controller gradually lowers the volume to put users into sleep.
- Screen-lock to save battery and avoid random touches on screen.

Important Note:
iPod Touch users must be on Wi-Fi to download audio books.
And after the audio is downloaded and saved, you can listen to it offline, without wireless network.

The list of books included (233 books + 189 audio):
1,TREASURE ISLAND by Robert Louis Stevenson
2,Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3,ALICES ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll
4,SEX AVOIDED SUBJECTS by HENRY STANTON
5,ULYSSES by James Joyce
6,FAIRY TALES by The Brothers Grimm
7,JANE EYRE by CHARLOTTE BRONTË
8,DRACULA by Bram Stoker
9,The Art Of War by Sun Tszu
10,Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
11,THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by A. Conan Doyle
12,EMMA - Volume I by JANE AUSTEN
13,EMMA - Volume II by JANE AUSTEN
14,EMMA - Volume III by JANE AUSTEN
15,THE MYSTERY OF CLOOMBER by Arthur Conan Doyle
16,WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau
17,The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
18,Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
19,THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
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29,Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
30,The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
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Aesops Fables
Bible
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233, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Lets make iLibrary the most used application after download!
Enjoy the books and bedtime stories!

Pros and cons of iLibrary+audio app for iPhone and iPad

iLibrary+audio app good for

Havent had app long but its great! Just click and read no download and free:) thanks just not happy with the books and the way there worded

this app. is very good but it can better. most people want to learn english, like me. and this app can help us, if you add catogaries (beginner, elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate and upper). we choose catogaries and learn english, everywhere, everytime. and audio is very fast. if we can set its fast, the app. will be wonderfull. if you read this entry, please think about it. i am sorry for my english, i am trying ;)

Very good resourse for person who desire to increase his ability of listening in a precise pronunciation

After many a comparison, I ought to acknowledge, that the quality of project execution of your application de-passes by far all other synchronized audio-books. Of course, I regret that you do not limit yourselves with the original literature of English tongue. International audience would better appreciate either more English-language great books, or to find here Jules Verne in French and Gebrüder Grimms Märchen in German. "White Fang" by Jack London, and, especially, "Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain CAN NOT be read by female readers: its ridiculous.

Nice only wish It had automatic scrolling feature but other wise its quit nice.

A few convenience problems but a great deal with a good selection. :)

Some bad moments

Besides the functional abilities being sub par ( cant black out the screen while the audio book is playing plus really bad control sensitivity), the reading is absolutely horrible. It is virtually impossible to listen to almost any of the readers. Just really so bad. Ive never felt so ripped off by something in the app store. Really.

For the price, its decent. I wish it had more books updated to the collection like some of the other apps.

Great app until you are driving down the turnpike listening to a book and find out that only the first chapter has audio!

Think and Grow Rich has no audio The Art of War has no audio Alices Advneture in Wonderland has no audio Ulysses has no audio Janne Eyre has no Audio The Mystery of Cloomber has no audio 2000Leagues UNder the Sea has no Audio So 7 of the 30 books have no audio. Dont waste your money

I have never written a review for an app, but this one is totally not what it states. Ive tried to download the audio for several of the books and the app failed on every try. I keep getting the message "failed to download, or try to download one chapter at a time." Ive even tried to download one chapter at a time and still get the same message. This app should be free until all the kinks are worked out.

I purchased this app to read and listen to Ulysses. After loading the app I was advised that no audio existed for this book (which is the fifth book listed). It would have been very easy to list "Ulysses -no audio" but if that had been done I wouldnt had bought the app. Buyer beware.

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