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This looks interesting, should work well on tablets.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246791/k...k-service.html
 
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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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i suspect that its done that way to avoid issues with the copyright holders...
 
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Or use Google Gears plugin to read offline...
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All the books I saw are out of copyright; it's the same selection one would get from Project Gutenberg.
 
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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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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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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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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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books.google.com/booksearch/mobile is the url, iirc...
 
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