BookShelves eBook Reader

The best horror was written over a hundred years ago. Before jump scares, before gore — when horror was a feeling, not a genre label.

8 free public domain classics for your e-reader: Dracula, Carmilla, Frankenstein, The King in Yellow, The Turn of the Screw, Jekyll & Hyde, The Great God Pan, and The Monkey's Paw.

All free EPUBs from Standard Ebooks. No sign-ups, no DRM.

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📖 International Women's Day: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

A fierce tale of an independent woman who refuses to compromise her principles. Published in 1847, Jane Eyre was revolutionary for its portrayal of a woman's inner life and moral strength. Still powerful today.

Read for free in BookShelves:
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What classic have you been meaning to read but haven't started yet?

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BookShelves v1.0.5 is here!

This update focuses on reliability and security, with dozens of under-the-hood improvements to make BookShelves more robust with every book format we support.

Free on the App Store: https://lk0.eu/bks745m

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📅 This Day in Literature — March 3

Born on this day: Alexander Graham Bell (1847)

Also the birthday of literature itself — it's World Book Day in the UK!

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📖 Read Across America Day: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Celebrate reading with this beloved tale of boyhood adventure along the Mississippi. Tom Sawyer's mischief, treasure hunting, and timeless fun have delighted readers for over a century.

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"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free."

— Frederick Douglass

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BookShelves v1.0.4 is out!

Big reader update:

- Swipe to turn pages on iOS
- 8 reader themes — Dark Academia, Night Sky, Ocean Mist & more — with in-reader theme picker
- Adjustable font size
- "Want to Read" status for your to-read list
- Faster imports with lower memory usage
- Improved MOBI and KF8 support
- Better PDF cover extraction

Plus: "Report an Issue" in the Help menu.

Free on the App Store: https://lk0.eu/bks73m

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📖 "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Read for free in BookShelves:
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BookShelves v1.0.3 is out!

What's new:
- "Unshelved" smart shelf — find books not on any shelf
- Drag and drop multiple books to shelves
- OPDS server search with Bonjour auto-discovery
- Language badges on Discover book cards
- Improved chapter tracking for single-file EPUBs
- iCloud sync reliability fixes

Free on the App Store:
https://lk0.eu/bks69m

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💡 Did You Know?

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein at age 18 during a ghost story contest at Lake Geneva in 1816.

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What should we build next?

Our public roadmap is now live — and you get to vote on what we work on first!

Here's what's on the table:
- Text-to-Speech
- Scroll Mode
- Reading Statistics
- Book Tracker
- Library Backup & Restore
- Comic Book Support (CBZ/CBR)
- Import from Anywhere (iOS)

Cast your vote and shape the future of BookShelves:
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