To the long list of evidence of a renaissance of long-form reading because of the Web, we can now add the Longform.org iPad app.

The Web site, which picks out wordy magazine and online articles for readers, started selling an app on Wednesday that pieces together articles from dozens of sources for offline reading on the iPad, effectively remixing all of the sources into a new, text-savvy product.

Great new app by the Longform guys. They auto-stock and auto-curate longer form articles from various publications for you to read on your iPad (optionally using Readability to remove the clutter).

I’m a big fan of services like Instapaper and Read It Later, but I recognize that plenty of people don’t want to take the time to go out and find their own content to read later (though those services have their own way of surfacing curated content as well). This is a nice alternative that fulfills Longform’s mission of surfacing comprehensive journalism. And, of course, it works with Instapaper and Read It Later too.

You look at Longform, which I think is spectacular, and you go 'This is so fucking beautiful.'

I’ve been trying to come up with a good way to describe the newly released Longform app for iPad. It’s a digital magazine on steroids. It’s an infinite magazine, a magazine multiplex. It’s a portable reading room where new issues arrive daily. It’s an evolving anthology of nonfiction journalism.

The point is, it’s awesome. If you have an iPad and you prefer longer, more substantial articles over 350-word pieces, you’ll love it.

The Longform app says that it’s “perfect for commutes, flights, or Sunday afternoons.” But more than that, it’s perfect for enriching your information intake.

...they filter out the junk and share only the best, meatiest pieces, tearing out the first three quarters of a magazine and leaving only the features in the back. This week, Longform is launching a new iPad app that makes a new publication out of those ripped-apart mags, giving readers a customizable, readable way to access an endless supply of long reads.