Lexcycle, the company behind the award-winning Stanza electronic book reader for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has announced its support of the Read an E-Book Week (March 8 - 14th). As part of the week-long celebration that is sponsored by such e-book notables as E Ink Corporation, Sony, IDPF, Random House, Cory Doctorow, and Warren Adler, Lexcycle has created a catalog to highlight a bunch of the sponsors. Books in the Stanza Read an E-Book Week catalog include:

• Smashwords
• All Romance eBooks
• M.D. Benoit
• Rae Lori
• Cory Doctorow
• Twilight Times Books
• Zumaya Publications
• Steve Jordan Books
• Rita Toews
• Feedbooks
• O'Reilly

For first time users, the following set of directions will help you take advantage of all of the free books that are available through Stanza for this week only:

1. Visit http://www.lexcycle.com/download-iphone to download the latest version of Stanza iPhone via iTunes or visit the App Store to download Stanza
2. Open Stanza. The screen that opens should be titled "Library"

3. Tap the "Online Catalog". The screen that opens should be titled "Online Catalog"

4. Tap "Read an E-Book Week" to open the catalog

5. Scroll down to see the rest of the catalog

6. Tap on "Twilight Times Free Books"

7. Tap the "Read an E-Book Week at the top left to go back to the Online Catalog. Then, tap on "Zumaya Publications Free Books"

8. Tap on Tigra to see information about the book, the book cover, and reviews from GoodReads.com

9. Tap the blue "Download" link at the top right of the screen

10. Tap "Download" link to start the download.

11. When the download finishes, you will see a blue "Read Now" link at the top right of the screen

12. Tap the blue "Read Now" link at the top right of the screen to start reading

13. Pay attention to the tap zones. Tapping the right third of the screen moves forward a page. Tapping the left third of the screen moves back 1 page. Tapping the middle third of the screen brings up the menus.

14. Start reading. Enjoy!!!