ASCII.jp Ranobe read with "E-book GALAPAGOS" compatible with iPhone / iPad
The perfection of the viewer app greatly changes the reading experience!
In December, two years will have passed since Sharp's comprehensive e-book store started service as "GALAPAGOS STORE". The long-awaited iOS version reader app "E-book GALAPAGOS" has appeared in the GALAPAGOS STORE. In addition to Android smartphones and tablets so far, now you can use the contents of this service on iOS terminals such as iPhone / iPad!
Well, it's too early to think that it's just an e-book reader app. The content sold on the site is centered on XMDF format works that can automatically adjust text wrapping according to the display size of characters and change the layout of the magazine according to the screen size. format, ePub format, and so on. (*1) The magazine can be customized according to the type of terminal and user's preference, and the readability is different. When I hear that it will be possible to view it on iPhone and iPad, which are equipped with Retina displays and have a reputation for easy reading of characters, expectations will rise even more.
*1 Some content such as epub format cannot be viewed with the iOS version app
| E-book GALAPAGOS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free< /td> | Author | Sharp Corporation |
| Version | 1.0.0 | File size | 21.5 MB |
| Categories | Books | User Ratings | ( 3.5) |
| Compatible Devices | iPad Wi-Fi+3G / iPad 2 Wi-Fi+3G / iPad Wi-Fi / iPhone 4 / iPod touch (3rd Gen) / iPod touch (4th Gen) / iPad 2 Wi-Fi / iPhone 3GS | Supported OS | iOS 4.3 or later |
GALAPAGOS STORE is a comprehensive e-book store that Sharp started in December 2010. Initially, it was a style to browse content using a dedicated terminal "media tablet", but since last year we started providing an application for Android, making it possible to browse on smartphones and tablets regardless of the company's company. . This time, it also supports iOS.
Currently, the large collection of more than 70,000 books is selling, and although it mainly holds magazines and business related books, about a year and a half has passed since the start, and when I look at the sales ranking, Comics and light novels ranked high. Entertainment content is doing its best! "If you think about why..."
| GALAPAGOS STORE smartphone top-selling book ranking (April-June 2012) | |
|---|---|
| 1st place | Crawl! Nyaruko-san |
| 2nd place | Campione! |
| 3rd Place | Sacred Blacksmith (Blacksmith) |
| 4th Place< /th> | Mayo Chiki! |
| 5th Place | Blade Dance of Elementalers |
| 6th Place | < td>I'm an older brother, but as long as I have love, it doesn't matter|
| 7th place | The King of Magical Bullets and Senki |
| 8th place | Aria the Scarlet Ammo |
| 9th place | 20 from real age Rejuvenate! Life Skills |
| 10th Place | Company Quarterly Report -With Electronic Dictionary Function- |
▲ The ranking is in serious trouble. What does it mean that the top 8 out of 10 are light novels...
If you take another look at the functions of the app, you can certainly say that it is a mechanism suitable for light novels. In particular, the marker function that allows you to record words and sentences that you care about is convenient. By attaching a marker, it is easy to collect hints (flags) set in the work. In that case, it is inevitable that light novels are easy to read.
Anyway, there's no point in doing an air review without even using it. I would like to install the app on my iPhone, read the light novels, and check its usability.
In order to try out the "e-book GALAPAGOS" for iOS, this time we selected "Boku wa Tomodachi ga Shunsuke" (written by Yomi Hirasaka), which is also popular on the "GALAPAGOS STORE". The abbreviation devised by the author is "Haganai". Yozora Mikazuki's famous line, "I was just talking to my friends, Air friends!" Not many.
"I have few friends official site"
(C) Yomi Hirasaka/Media Factory Illustration: Tinplate