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Originally Posted by DaleDe
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
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Right, and I see no reason why you couldn't have multiple ebooks cached locally.
Heck, the reader may not even have internet access so you need to load it from "the cloud" to your PC then to your reader. Actually, this is pretty similar to what happens now... your ebooks are available on "the cloud" (say fictionwise). When you want to read it you cache it (d/l to your PC) locally. If you want it on your reader you transfer it from the PC's cache to your reader.
The only main difference here I think would be that Google is going to give you a "reader" that you can load anywhere. Think web app similar to having Google Mail with Google Gears (off line mode) enabled.
BOb
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Where did you guys see that this is how the Google system will work? I'm afraid I must have missed it. I looked when this was first announced , but I didn't see where Google described how their caching would work. Have they actually said that if you purchase a book that the entire book would be stored on your ereader? Have they said how long it will be stored? Have they said how many books they will store on the ereader? All I've been able to find is that they will use some type of caching so that you can read offline, but with no details.
If in fact you could load hundreds titles on your Google ereader and have them in long-term "cache" then this would be pretty cool. Essentially
it would be no different than having your ebook files on one of today's ereaders. I would really like to read the details on Google's caching system. If either of you could provide links to these details I'd really appreciate it.