I have tried transferring a .brf file using Itunes. It did not show up in BARD. 
Has anyone else had luck with this method? I ended up having success with using 
Dropbox instead, but still wonder why the Itunes method seemed to fail.
Marc

On Oct 13, 2013, at 4:24 PM, Thom Spittle <[email protected]> wrote:

> A bard audio book has several different parts. This will make it hard to
> identify the proper book if it's not zipped.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>> On Behalf Of Shannon Dyer
>> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 7:13 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Transferring BARD books to your phone [was "Re: Interesting
>> dellema with the bard ap."]
>> 
>> What happens if the file is no longer zipped? Can it still be transferred
>> through Itunes or Dropbox?
>> 
>> Shannon
>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 4:00 PM, Robert Hill <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have had good luck using iTunes to transfer books.
>>> You're right, you might have to restart BARD to have it show the books.
>>> I haven't had any issues authorizing books to play.
>>> 
>>> Bob Hill
>>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You can also use iTunes to transfer books to your phone. I haven't done
> it
>> myself yet, but a few different people have posted instructions to the
> list.
>> You may run into the same problem though, where you won't be able to
>> authorize those books if your phone can't get to the authorization servers
>> for the mobile app.
>>>> 
>>>> For example, Russ Kiehne posted these instructions to the list:
>>>> 
>>>> Doing some research, I found the following, hope it helps:
>>>> Loading books into the BARDmobile app
>>>> 
>>>> The BARDmobile app is able to play any DAISY/NISO 2005 formatted
>>>> book. To load the books into the iOS device for playback use the
>> following instructions.
>>>> 1. If not in a ZIP archive format. You should compress the directory
>>>> holding the books files into a ZIP file.
>>>> 2. Connect the iOS device to your computer with a USB cable.
>>>> 3. Open the iTunes application and select the iOS device button at
>>>> the right of the main window.
>>>> 4. select the "Apps" radio button on the main screen.
>>>> 5. At the bottom of the Apps screen is a section titled "File
>>>> Sharing" with a column list of apps. One of those will be the
> BARDmobile
>> app select it.
>>>> 6. Press the "Add." button located in the bottom right of the screen.
>>>> This will give you a dialog to select the ZIP file from step one. The
>>>> book will then be added to the app. You may need to restart BARDmobile
>> to see the new book.
>>>> NOTE:
>>>> At this time the BARDmobile app will only play DAISY/NISO 2005 books.
>>>> Other DAISY formats such as DAISY 2.02 and ePub 3 will simply fail to
>> load.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/13/2013 06:24 AM, Thom Spittle wrote:
>>>>> If you have dropbox, you shold be able to transfer it to the phone.
>>>>> Keep it as a zip file. Go to the file via dropbox. Once loaded, you
>>>>> can export to bard mobile.
>>>>> The only catch is authenticating the book with bard. If their system
>>>>> is down, it may not authenticate it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> HTH,
>>>>> Thom
>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>>>>> Behalf Of Dawn Petty
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 7:06 AM
>>>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Interesting dellema with the bard ap.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am also experiencing this.  I tried to add the book push by safire.
>>>>> when I go
>>>>>> to my wish list it says zero itims but if I go back to the book it
>>>>>> gives
>>>>> me a
>>>>>> remove from wish list link.  I am able to download it on to my pc
>> though.
>>>>> is
>>>>>> there any way to get it to the phone?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Jenifer Barr
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 11:32 AM
>>>>>> To: viphone
>>>>>> Subject: Interesting dellema with the bard ap.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>> So, I added some books to my wishlist like I always do from the
>>>>>> website on my computer.  Before when I'd do this I'd go to the ap
>>>>>> on my phone, into
>>>>> my
>>>>>> wishlist and download them.  But, now, when I go into the ap,
>>>>>> they're not there.  I know they've been added, but they're not
>>>>>> there.  I've closed the
>>>>> ap
>>>>>> using the ap switcher...
>>>>>> reopened it... but still nothing.  Any suggestions?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
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