BeyondRead press kit (https://beyondread.app/en/press/)

BeyondRead is a reading app for iPhone and iPad with 20,000 classics built in, free. When a sentence stops you, select it and ask: the AI translates or explains it using the book and the passage around it, and the page never goes away. It is made by one independent developer, Zhang Liu.

AT A GLANCE
- What it is: a reader with a free library of about 20,000 public-domain classics in 42 languages, and AI that explains the line you are stuck on
- Made by: Zhang Liu, an independent developer
- Out since: 11 September 2026, on the App Store
- Runs on: iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later
- Price: free to download and free to read; a free monthly AI allowance; optional subscriptions and top-up packs, priced in the app
- The AI: Translate, Explain and Chat on any passage; AI Digest gives you the shape of a whole book before page one
- Your own books: EPUB, PDF and DRM-free MOBI or AZW; no DRM removal, no bookstore
- Privacy: books, highlights and AI history stay on the device; only the selected passage and a little context are sent; AI can be switched off; no ads, no third-party tracking
- Languages: English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Russian
- Where: most App Store countries; not mainland China
- Links: App Store (https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808016847) · beyondread.app (https://beyondread.app/en/)

IF YOU NEED A LINE ABOUT IT
One line: Pick a classic, and when a sentence stops you, select it and ask. BeyondRead explains it right on the page.
A paragraph: People rarely give up on a classic because of the plot. They give up on one sentence: a dialect spelling, a word that has changed, a clause that runs half a page. BeyondRead is built for that moment. Select the line and tap Translate, Explain or Chat; the answer knows which book you are in and what came before, and the original stays on screen behind it. The library of about 20,000 public-domain books is free and needs no account, and your books and reading history stay on your device.

WORTH WRITING ABOUT
- Why readers give up on a classic at one sentence, and what gets them to the end.
- Reading English classics in the original when English is your second language.
- An AI reading app that keeps your books on your phone.
- What one developer learned launching it alone.

GET IN TOUCH
Email zhang3917@hotmail.com (mailto:zhang3917@hotmail.com). It goes straight to Zhang Liu.
