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Old 07-22-2014, 08:57 PM   #1
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Can I read e-pub while not on line?
I am a new user of e books: When I tray to read an e-book in e-Pub format when I have no Access to the Internet I got a message "Not on line retry later" so, is it absolutly necesary to be on line to read an e-book?. I have a Samsung tab 4, android newest versión. Some times I need to read an e-book in places where I do not have Access to Internet, no WiFi.
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Old 07-22-2014, 09:02 PM   #2
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Not sure why this is posted in the feedback section, but anyway...

Most reading apps don't require you to be online in order to read an ebook that is already on your device. ePub apps I've personally read on with my device in airplane mode include Moon+ Pro & Mantano. In fact I can't think of any off hand that require you be connected to the internet, although it wouldn't surprise me to find one. What reading app were you using on your Tab 4?
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Old 07-23-2014, 06:49 AM   #4
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You have to download the book to your machine, typically then add it to the library or bookshelf of your reading application. Then you can select from your bookshelf.

You'll need to download one, try one from the mobileread library, since they are free and find it in tab4's file system. Downloads is a possibility. On my machine, the storage is represented by SDcard, I don't know why.
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Most reading apps don't require you to be online in order to read an ebook that is already on your device. ePub apps I've personally read on with my device in airplane mode include Moon+ Pro & Mantano. In fact I can't think of any off hand that require you be connected to the internet, although it wouldn't surprise me to find one. What reading app were you using on your Tab 4?
I suspect that the original poster may be reading the ePub in the browser -- not necessarily intentionally, but because of some default file association.
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Overdrive has an option to do that. It also has an option to download, but it can be tricky, since the reader app has to be able to handle the DRM, authorized, etc, etc.
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I suspect that the original poster may be reading the ePub in the browser -- not necessarily intentionally, but because of some default file association.
Then shouldn't the browser then prompt to download it, leading to an endless loop?

(I've gotten some of these, like when accidentally setting mailto: to open in firefox and somehow getting each tab to open another tab, instead of opening gmail. )

The only way I know of to open an EPUB in the browser is with https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/epubreader/
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Old 07-23-2014, 02:09 PM   #8
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Not sure why this is posted in the feedback section, but anyway...

Most reading apps don't require you to be online in order to read an ebook that is already on your device. ePub apps I've personally read on with my device in airplane mode include Moon+ Pro & Mantano. In fact I can't think of any off hand that require you be connected to the internet, although it wouldn't surprise me to find one. What reading app were you using on your Tab 4?
I am not using any App for read, I only click twice with my finger in the icon of the e-book that I made with Sigil. I will download a reader App. Thank you so much.
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Old 07-23-2014, 02:11 PM   #10
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You have to download the book to your machine, typically then add it to the library or bookshelf of your reading application. Then you can select from your bookshelf.

You'll need to download one, try one from the mobileread library, since they are free and find it in tab4's file system. Downloads is a possibility. On my machine, the storage is represented by SDcard, I don't know why.
I am not using any App I will download one. Thank you so much.
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Old 07-23-2014, 02:15 PM   #11
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I suspect that the original poster may be reading the ePub in the browser -- not necessarily intentionally, but because of some default file association.
I think you are right, since I do not have any App instaled in the Tablet the e book is reding using the browser, it can be the reazon why it asks for the connection.

Thank you!
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