App demo: AudioBookShelf

iBooks gives you a great way to organize ebooks and PDF's, but what about audiobooks? Unfortunately, iTunes still blobs everything together like a big ol' playlist in iTunes. AudioBookShelf is an app designed to make your audio book shelf more enticing. Unfortunately it won't play the audio books in iTunes, giving you instead 12 hand-picked audio books from a library of classics. Favorites like Treasure Island and Gulliver's Travels (one of my favorite books) are read with clear voices, as the developers looked to only include those with quality recordings. See the video for the app in question, or visit the App Store to see the official description and full list of books included in the price of $1.99. The app is universal, so one price puts it on the iPad and iPhone.

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Jason

This app sounds nice, but only if you aren't an Audible.com member. Speaking of audiobooks on iOS, every Audible.com member should get the official Audible app now. I was skeptical at first, thinking that the experience is adequate syncing audiobooks with the iPod app, but they did a great job of optimizing the listening experience specifically for audiobooks, which the iPod app is not. I don't think I'll listen to or even sync audiobooks with the iPod app again. It is that good. (Frankly, I'm surprised TUAW hasn't done a review yet.)

July 22 2010 at 5:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

evan

iTunes doesn't "blob everything together like a big ol' playlist," they have their own source listing in iTunes and their own menu item on the iPod/iPhone. What's interesting to me is that on iTunes, the same source also includes eBooks.

July 22 2010 at 4:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply