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Originally Posted by Daithi
With Amazon, when I buy a book it is downloaded to my ereader, and I always have access to it. In fact I can have thousands of books loaded and always at the ready when I decide to read one of them.
My understanding of Google's plan is that the books are NOT stored on your ereader but are accessed through their "cloud". The Google system will provide some type of caching system so that a book you are reading will also be available when you are not connected to the internet. However, the details on this caching mechanism are a bit sketchy. Is the entire book stored in cache? Is just a portion stored in cache, which would require a connection to the internet to load the next portion?
With a Kindle or Sony ereader, you can go on a flight from Rhode Island to California and have access to hundreds or even thousands of books. You can decide what to read as it strikes your fancy. Would this be possible if you had an ereader that used Google's service? My impression is that without an internet connection the answer is no.
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This has already been answered several times. The downloaded book is cached on your device so you can read it without an Internet connection.
Dale