After youve downloaded crossover check out our youtube tutorial video to the left, or visit the crossover chrome os walkthrough for specific steps. Stanza allows users to browse a library of around 100,000 books and periodicals for the iphone, many of them in the epub format a widely. With over 4 million downloads around the world, stanza has become an iphone phenomenon, and is featured as one of the top three apple favorites in their app store turns 1 celebration. Find lexcycle software downloads at cnet, the most comprehensive source for safe, trusted, and spywarefree downloads on the web. We look forward to offering future products and services that we hope. The app offers an impressively customizable reading experience, with usercontrollable options. With over 4 million downloads around the world, stanza has become an iphone phenomenon, and is featured as one of the top three. Maybe its coming soon and will be awesome, or maybe the current owner, amazon, has killed it to reduce.
Lexcycle, best known for its successful, topselling iphone app stanza, has been acquired by online book seller amazon. Stanza is only for iphone and ipod touch not a mac computer. Lexcycles stanza ebook reader for the iphone and ipod touch has been stripped of usb book sharing, at the request of apple, the developer says, ipodnn reports. Stanza is an early entrant into this market, featuring a clean, wellorganized. Its elegant because its been designed specifically for the mac, and puts an. Lexcycles home pages have been off line since november 2011, slightly after their final update release of stanza for ios 5, so you cant go there for the downloads of stanza desktop for either the mac or windows any more. Significantly, stanza also supports exporting to a wide array of formats for use on mobile devices using 3rd. Stanza is available for the following operating systems. Stanza is an allinclusive ebook reader that has been a favorite on multiple platforms for years. Even people who use lexcycles stanza ebook reader on their ipod. Seaching in itunes does the same, although you can pull up the developer, lexcycle, but they are listed as having no products. Seeking to strengthen its presence on the iphone and ipod touch, amazon has acquired lexcycle, the company behind stanza, a popular free ebook application for the iphone, according to lexcycles blog. Lexcycle stanza is a program for reading ebooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. Last week while preparing a package for my mom i was able to get early versions of the mac desktop version and im pretty sure i found the ipa as well.
Read ebooks on your pc desktop with stanza pcworld. Stanza is a free application for your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Stanza combines the easytoread format of the printed word with the convenience of the digital world. Stanza, a popular book reader for the iphone, has been updated as a universal binary with ipad support. Stanza desktop not only allows you to read books on your pc or mac, it converts many different document types to the popular epub format. Though the two companies make competing ebook reading software for the.
Stanza is a program for reading ebooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. Stanza, currently in beta, is an electronic book reading application for mac os which also allows you to export content for use on a variety of portable devices. Available from the app store, the basic stanza for mac is free for a trial period, then must be updated to unlock all the features. Lexcycle stanza for iphone and ipod touch, adobe digital editions for windows and mac desktops, if the ebook contains images, we offer two versions. A search for it on my iphone pulls up other apps, like the kindle reader. Lexcycle announces support for adobe ebooks in stanza. Lexcycle stanza, the ebook from mac to iphone many of our readers already know stanza 2. The user has control over the display format including multicolumn for a newspaper like reading experience. Scrolling can be set to advance automatically, like a teleprompter, based on your reading speed, or manually. Lexcycle has released a universal update to stanza, its acclaimed ebook reader application.
Stanza by lexcycle is the ebook solution for the iphone and ipod touch. Lexcycle updates stanza, adds ipad support ilounge. Stanza on the mac also has the ability to export books as an mp3 file and. Customers will still be able to browse, buy, and read ebooks from our many content partners. Stanza is a free application for your iphone and ipod touch. Amazon acquires lexcycle tools of change for publishing. The digital ebook reader for the mac and windows pc. Stanza for mac is an ebook reader for mac os and ios devices. Stanza is also not working on ios5 crashes at startup i recommend goodreader on ios as a replacement.
Lexcycle stanza is a program which allows you to read ebook, news, and other digital publications. The latest version of stanza is unknown on mac informer. Lexcycles stanza is a freeware ereader for computers and mobile devices that. Lexcycle, the company behind stanza, has just announced its been acquired by amazon. I have noticed that stanza on my mac picks up the first image in a file, and nothing else. The software supports the ebook formats epub, ms lit, amazon. Use it to download from a vast selection of over 100,000 books and periodicals, and read them right on your phone. Project gutenberg epub files are free from drm digital restrictions management. Lexcycle stanza brings the digital book revolution to your pocket with a reading interface that is unrivaled in its clarity and ease of use. Through september 2008, over 325,000 users have downloaded stanza for the iphone ipod touch since the app store opened in mid july, and over 20,000 books are. I guess it thinks the first image is the cover or something. Lexcycle, the company behind the stanza electronic book reader for the iphone and ipod touch, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with adobe to license pdf and epub rendering technologies as well as support for adobes ebook content protection technology. Stanza, our favorite iphone ereader application, has not yet been updated for the ipad.
Venturebeat writes about the success of lexcycles stanza ereader for the iphone, and speculates that this type of platform will be far more successful than dedicated reader devices. The integrated technology will allow stanza users to enjoy ebooks sold or loaned by any retailer or library. Forget carrying around stacks of books for school, work, or vacation. Its a wireless electronic library that stays open 247. With stanza, you can download books from more than dozen sources, including project gutenbergs online library of more. Generally, i am very disappointed with stanza, but nobody else seems to be, so maybe its just the mac version. Stanza is a simple and convenient ereader for pc and idevices. The software supports the ebook formats epub, ms lit, amazon kindle, mobipocket, and palmdoc, as well as general document formats html, pdf, ms word, and rich text format. It features the ability to customize the display of text in multiple column layouts or in full screen mode. Also the lexcycle stanza website, iirc, may refer you to someplace so try their nowdefunct site.
So anyone know why stanza is no longer in the app store. Featuring a clean, wellorganized interface, stanza desktop is expressly designed for reading digital publications, including electronic books, newspapers, pdfs, and general web content. Stanza desktop click the download free trial button above and get a 14day, fullyfunctional trial of crossover. Added quotation from lexcycle blog post about the deal.
We are not planning any changes in the stanza application or user experience as a result of the acquisition. Theres no doubt that ebooks are the future and one day, there could be reader wars in much the same way as the browser wars that take place on the internet. It can convert pdf, rtf, kindle, and ereader, just to. Stanza on the mac also has the ability to export books as an mp3 file and then added to itunes as an audio book. Lexcycle strips usb book sharing feature from stanza app. Stanza is currently the number one ebook app for the iphone, and chief operating officer neelan choksi shared some other impressive stats with me.