The official Iain Banks iPhone app, version 2.1, is now available. Download now from the App Store.

Please download the updated version 2.1 from the App Store to enjoy the Iain Banks app on iPhones that have not yet been upgraded to iOS version 4.

UNLOCKING SURFACE DETAIL CONTENT IN VERSION 2.0 ONLY (not version 2.1 onwards)

If you are using version 2.0 of the app and are having difficulty entering a word from your hardback edition of Surface Detail to unlock its extra content, please visit the following page for a list of alternative words: words to unlock Surface Detail content for 2.0 app users only

Note that, from version 2.1 onwards, you need to use your hardback edition of Surface Detail to unlock the content.

The hardback edition of Iain Banks's Surface Detail is published on October 7 2010. For more information or to order, visit the Little, Brown Book Group website.

For support regarding the Iain Banks iPhone application, please send an email to support@beyondthestory.com.

For press and commercial information, please email Jen Porter at jen@trade-mobile.com.