Hi,

Zipping a book means you can copy all the files at once, which is harder to do 
with iTunes file sharing. Also, if you leave a braille file zipped, BARD will 
treat it as a single, multi-volume book rather than treating each braille file 
as its own separate book.

Best,
Anna



On Oct 16, 2013, at 9:09 PM, Marc Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:

> I did not zip up the .brf file. That's a good suggestion. I assumed that 
> since .brf files are so small, that would not be necessary.
> 
> On Oct 16, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Traci Duncan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Did you leave it as a zipped file?
>> 
>> I haven't tried .BRF; I transferred an audio book.  The instructions I read 
>> said to leave it zipped up.  The Bard app will unzip it.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Traci
>> On Oct 16, 2013, at 6:07 AM, Marc Sutton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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