Finally having the official release of the new iOS running on my iPhone 3GS, I decided to find out more about the possibility of reading ebooks on my iPhone.
Generally, I think the screen is too small for this. It may be a different experience for owners of the new iPhone 4, but to me it’s simply to small to read a 400 pages ebook. No question though, that it will be a nice option for those long waiting times at airports for example.
But what if you really just intend to read once in a while and don’t want to spend your money on ebooks available in the iTunes store? Well, besides Winnie the Pooh, which is for free as of now, the iBooks app can read all ebooks saved in the epub format. This is great as you can add ebooks to your iTunes library and sync them with your iPhone, iPod touch and/or iPad.
One option is the Gutenberg Project, which offers a variety of ebooks in the necessary epub format for free. I just tried it and it’s working well, although files are claimed to be in an experimental status.
So simply go to the above page, download a book to your computer, add it to iTunes and sync it with your device. Enjoy reading! 
