I have the google books app and a gen.1 Ipad 32 gigs. I just tried it out and you don't have to have the wifi on when reading a free book that you have downloaded. When I went into the book Alice in Wonderland that came with the app I was able to read it. I don't use the google books app a lot though.
Amy
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "oldgascar" <referry@...> wrote:
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> Ok, I have burned up the phone lines with apple asking questions and still have trouble with doing certain things with my Ipad.
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> I started in electronics repairing 3 knob hetrodyne Atwater-Kent radios and 1st generation high tech electronics with a mix of tubes and those brand new metal cased nuvistors (just before Ic's) and a long time before, cd's and dvd's).
> I don't want to keep bothering the good folks of this group, with questions on how to do things that are apparently so obvious to todays 20 somethings.(let's just say I am 50 plus).
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> I would like to know... When I have downloaded a book (free book written in 1898) from google books directly from my Ipad,(not thru I-tunes) should I be able to access this book when not in range of a wi-fi connection? I was under the assumption that once I downloaded it , it was stored in my Ipad and I didn't need the internet to read it.
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> Can someone advise the BEST BOOK for dummies like me for learing how to use the Ipad so I do not need to keep bothering everyone with silly questions.
> My Ipad is a 1st Gen with wi-fi,with 3g capabilities& 32 G.
> (I am not subscribed to 3G at this time)
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> Thanks for your time
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