ebook framework for iphone

Question

Hi,

I've got a book that I'd like to publish as an app for the iphone. Does anyone know of a free (or cheap) framework that I can use in order to achieve this? In other words, I want to create a standalone XCODE project for my book that includes all the code needed for an iphone user to read the book as a standalone app.

I have seen O'Reilly use something but it doesn't appear to be freely available or on sale. Any help or guidance that can be provided would be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone.

Answer 1

Depending on what affordable means to you, you might try this: http://ebookapp.com/

Answer 2

Drew McCormack published a guide on MacResearch to how he created his scientific scripting with Python ebook application. That might be one starting point for you.

However, I'd recommend taking a look at self-publishing via Amazon's Kindle Store. It looks remarkably easy to do (using simple HTML), and you'll be able to sell the book on any of Amazon's Kindle devices, as well as for the Kindle iPhone application. These Kindle books seem to be selling surprisingly well.