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    darrennewman@sky.com | # 1 | 2009-02-06, 13:59 | Report

    This looks interesting, should work well on tablets.

    http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246791/k...k-service.html

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    prk60091 | # 2 | 2009-02-06, 18:04 | Report

    it looks ok enuf but only a few pages pop up at a time thereby requiring an always on net connection to read a full book (most project guten stuff) and thereby really no easy way to "download a book" to read on a flight or somewhere where there is no net connection (like a subway)

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    tso | # 3 | 2009-02-06, 18:20 | Report

    i suspect that its done that way to avoid issues with the copyright holders...

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    solca | # 4 | 2009-02-06, 18:23 | Report

    Or use Google Gears plugin to read offline...

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    geneven | # 5 | 2009-02-06, 18:33 | Report

    All the books I saw are out of copyright; it's the same selection one would get from Project Gutenberg.

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    lm2 | # 6 | 2009-02-06, 19:28 | Report

    Originally Posted by geneven View Post
    All the books I saw are out of copyright; it's the same selection one would get from Project Gutenberg.
    Yes, but I think it's safe to assume that google will roll out a kindle-like pay-per-view/book service.

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    GeraldKo | # 7 | 2009-02-06, 19:56 | Report

    Originally Posted by solca View Post
    Or use Google Gears plugin to read offline...
    Do you have Google Gears working on a Nokia Internet Tablet?

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    dennylee | # 8 | 2009-02-06, 20:41 | Report

    I tried books.google.com/m on the N800 but all I got is a blank screen. Anyone has the same problem?

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    prk60091 | # 9 | 2009-02-06, 20:50 | Report

    Originally Posted by dennylee View Post
    I tried books.google.com/m on the N800 but all I got is a blank screen. Anyone has the same problem?
    that's because the url is http://books.google.com/googlebooks/mobile/

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    tso | # 10 | 2009-02-06, 20:50 | Report

    books.google.com/booksearch/mobile is the url, iirc...

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