First post... Had to register since people seem to be quite mistaken about this new Google-system. Where did you get the impression that simply because your library is saved online in a cloud, allowing you to access the books from multiple devices, you also have to be connected all the time?
Like one of the comments on the original news-site:
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Cloud computing limits where you can read a book. Accessing a guidebook on, say, wildflowers while on the side of Mount Rainier will be impossible. As guidebooks (travel, wildlife, sports etc) seem to me to be one of the prime money-makers for (ebook) publishers such a cloud-based system strikes me as foolish and unappealing.
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There is really no difference in terms of access to a library online between Amazon now and Google. The difference is that the google library appears to be open format, and open for various readers and mobile devices. I hope this will mean that I can simply download books to my PC, transfer it to my E-reader, or find a new book while in the bus, downloading it on my iphone, and later when I get home, find it for my e-reader, enabling me to read on multiple devices depending on my situation, and only having to look one place to get all the ebooks I have ever purchased.
It clearly states in the article:
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Once a book has been accessed on a given device, a cached version will exist, making it possible for readers to access the book offline.
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What is the fuss about. This is great! Finally some good competition to Amazon, enabling everyone to break the geographical restrictions and format restrictions.