Los Angeles, California – Expanded Apps and Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, today announced the first U-Ventures(TM): Return to the Cave of Time application available on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad as a multimedia, interactive reading experience. Simon & Schuster worked closely with software developer Expanded Books(TM)/Expanded Apps and Edward Packard, a creator and principal author of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure(R) book series. The application, which is the first of three in the U-Ventures(TM) series, can be purchased on iTunes for $3.99. The second story, U-Ventures(TM): Through the Black Hole will be released later this summer with a third,U-Ventures(TM): The Forbidden Castle, releasing in the fall.

Portland, Oregon – Inkstone Software today announces the release and immediate availability of QuickReader Young Readers’ Edition 2.1. Parents and teachers preparing for the upcoming school year now have access to over 130 children’s classics in the popular iPhone and iPod touch eBook reader and speed reading app that is proven to increase the reading ability of children.

Central, Singapore – Not A Basement Studio today announces the release of Manga Rock 1.1- the leading manga reader on iPhone and iPod touch. Manga lovers now truly can enjoy reading manga anytime, anywhere they want. Manga Rock is highly recommended for all manga fans around the globe, as quoted from a review of 148Apps: “Manga Rock is a great way to view and download manga from Onemanga, and every otaku should at least download the free version.”

Bremen, Germany – Alexander Repty today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Folio Case 1.0, a beautifully simple PDF document reader for the iPad. Folio Case provides users with a simple and beautiful way to import, organize and read their PDF collections. Inspired by the ease-of-use of Apple’s iWork applications, Folio Case puts the actual reading process first and gets out of the user’s way.

Berlin, Germany – Independent developer Daniel Wetzel today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Paper Pile 1.3 for iPad devices. Paper Pile creates virtual newspapers looking almost exactly as their printed prototypes. It is the user’s choice which content to read. The app uses news feed subscriptions to compose the user’s personal newspaper. Besides reading printed daily newspapers, many people make use of RSS feeds containing topics they are really interested in. Paper Pile combines both media to a new reading experience.

Los Angeles, California – Today BOOM! Studios is pleased to announce the arrival of the BOOM! Studios Comics app for the iPad and iPhone in the iTunes App Store. Built on comiXology’s popular digital comic platform, the BOOM! Studios Comics app launches with a number of top pop culture-inspired titles including comics based on 28 Days Later, Die Hard and a word-for-word comic translation of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, as well as BOOM! Studios’s top-selling original series Irredeemable, Incorruptible and The Unknown.

Topeka, Kansas – The newest version of GoodReader for iPad, which has been among the top sellers among all iPad apps since it was first released, now delivers horizontal page turning for PDF files to give it a truer book reading experience. The new version also will now rotate PDF files, display two-page spreads, and crop margins for PDF files so they don’t take up any available reading space on the iPad.

Bucharest, Romania – Independent iPhone developer Alexandru Brie announces a special weekend sale to his Self Help Classics and Politics Classics best seller ebook apps. On the weekend of June 5th – June 6th, both apps will be priced at $0.99 (or equivalent in other currencies), down from $1.99 for Self Help Classics and $4.99 for Politics Classics; purchasers of the discounted apps automatically get unlimited access to future updates, for free.

Bucharest, Romania – Independent iPhone developer Alexandru Brie today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Self Help Classics 3.2, a major update to the best seller self improvement and productivity app for iPhone and iPad. During the past year Self Help Classics has been the reference app for readers who want access to the best classic self help books.

Berlin, Germany – Independent developer Daniel Wetzel is pleased to announce Paper Pile 1.2.1 for iPad devices. Paper Pile creates virtual newspapers looking almost exactly as their printed prototypes. It is the user’s choice which content to read. The app uses news feed subscriptions to compose the user’s personal newspaper. Besides reading printed daily newspapers, many people make use of RSS feeds containing topics they are really interested in. Paper Pile combines both media to a new reading experience.

Portland, Oregon – The top-selling speed reading application on the iPhone app store, QuickReader, has launched a new version that upgrades its market leading speed reading technology, offering a significantly enhanced eBook reader interface, and integrating with Facebook and Twitter.

With the release of the new version, QuickReader is also announcing a partnership with Feedbooks, a pioneer in the standardization of eBook distribution. The deal gives QuickReader users instant access to 6500+ free public domain and self-published EPUB books directly from within the application.

Central, Singapore – Announcing that Not A Basement Studio has launched Manga Rock, a new application on the iPhone and iPod touch catering to manga lovers. Users can choose to read online from over 900+ manga titles available at Onemanga, or to download in advance and enjoy them anytime later. The application also features many other functions to enhance users’ reading experience such as: Zoom, Skim, Favorites and Recent.

Los Angeles, CA – The launch of Apple’s iPad marks the arrival of the perfect device for reading digital magazines. With hundreds of thousands of units selling, and over a million apps purchased the first day alone, the iPad is shaping up to be the “game-changer” that Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, promised.

Los Angeles, CA – Since PixelMags launched in December, 60+ titles for iPhone and iPod touch have been sold in 77 countries through the iTunes App Store. New magazine titles are releasing every day. As the launch date of iPad nears, anticipation is reaching a fever pitch.

“Disney CEO Bob Iger and Wired Magazine Editor-In-Chief Chris Anderson have called the iPad a ‘game-changer’. We couldn’t agree more. When iPad launches, we will have more magazine titles optimized for iPad than any other vendor.” -Ryan Marquis, Founder & COO, PixelMags

Portland, Oregon – dBelement, LLC today is proud to announce Reader for the iPhone, Droid, iPad and virtually any modern mobile device. Reader by dBelement is the first of its kind offline eBook WebApp for the iPhone and iPod touch. There is no need to go to the AppStore, Reader bypasses the entire AppStore process and offers a revolutionary reading experience.