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Lexcycle Stanza
Developer(s)	Lexcycle
Stable release	1.9.1 / August 12, 2009
Operating system	iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac OS X, Windows
Type	e-book reader
License	Proprietary
Website	Official website

Lexcycle Stanza is a freeware program for reading eBooks, digital newspapers, and other digital publications. The software supports the eBook formats EPUB, eReader, MS LIT, Amazon Kindle, Mobipocket, and PalmDoc, as well as general document formats HTML, PDF, MS Word, and Rich Text Format. The company Lexcycle is owned by Amazon.com (manufacturer/creator of the Amazon Kindle).

Stanza comes in two forms: Stanza iPhone/iPod, and Stanza Desktop.

Stanza iPhone/iPod allows users to manage a library of books on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch and provides a customizable reading interface. It features an online catalog containing thousands of free classics, as well as the ability to synchronize with Stanza Desktop via Bonjour. Stanza iPhone has been one of the most popular book readers for the iPhone^[1]^[2], listed as Apple's favorite free app in their App Store Turns 1 list of favorite apps^[3].

Stanza Desktop features a variety of text layout views, such as multicolumn, vertical scrolling, and horizontal scrolling. Significantly, Stanza also supports exporting to a wide array of formats for use on mobile devices using 3rd party readers such as Mobipocket or the Amazon Kindle.

[edit] Adobe DRM Support

In February 2009, a few months before being bought by Amazon.com, Lexcycle announced that Stanza will be able to read ePub and PDF files protected by Adobe DRM during the following quarter^[4]. However, as no news about this support were coming as off late September 2009, and the comments in Lexcycle support forum became more and more insisting on news regarding this support, Neelan Choksi, Lexcyle COO, stated that "At this point in time, we are not supporting the Adobe DRM solution. This decision will be evaluated on a regular basis as we move forward."^[5]. It is now unclear if Stanza will ever support Adobe DRM.

[edit] References

^ Greenberg, Andy (2008-10-02). "IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/02/stanza-kindle-iphone-tech-personal-cx_ag_ja_1002stanza.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
^ "2008 Best Free or Ad Supported App". 148Apps. 2009-01-07. http://bestappever.com/awards/2008/fapp. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
^ App Store Turns 1
^ "Lexcycle Press Anouncement regarding Adobe DRM". 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5jx74GHgT. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
^ "Neelan Choksi regarding Adobe DRM support". 19 September 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5jx7c3SGB. Retrieved 21 September 2009. "At this point in time, we are not supporting the Adobe DRM solution. This decision will be evaluated on a regular basis as we move forward."

[edit] External links

[0] Greenberg, Andy (2008-10-02). "IPhone Steals Lead Over Kindle". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/02/stanza-kindle-iphone-tech-personal-cx_ag_ja_1002stanza.html. Retrieved 2008-10-02.

[1] "2008 Best Free or Ad Supported App". 148Apps. 2009-01-07. http://bestappever.com/awards/2008/fapp. Retrieved 2009-01-07.

[2] App Store Turns 1

[3] "Lexcycle Press Anouncement regarding Adobe DRM". 11 February 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5jx74GHgT. Retrieved 21 September 2009.

[4] "Neelan Choksi regarding Adobe DRM support". 19 September 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. http://www.webcitation.org/5jx7c3SGB. Retrieved 21 September 2009. "At this point in time, we are not supporting the Adobe DRM solution. This decision will be evaluated on a regular basis as we move forward."

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