[nabs-l] Bookshare books not opening

Fri May 22 05:02:10 UTC 2009

hi you need to type your book share password to unzip the book.hth  
Maurice
On May 21, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Antonio M. Guimaraes wrote:

> Domonique and listers,
>
> This is an old thread, and an anoying problem.
>
> I am still having issues with Bookshare, and wonder if I am missing  
> something.
>
> I am not able to unarchive with Kurzweil, and when unzipping, I  
> press the applications key when the cursor is on the file.
>
> Then I press next, accept the folder, and enter my password.
>
> Winzip then tells me there are no files to extract.
>
> I've chosen the .brf file, and don't have any software from  
> Bookshare installed.
>
> There are 50000 books to enjoy and learn from, and I am not able to  
> get at them.
>
> Antonio Guimaraes
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Domonique Lawless" <dlawless86 at gmail.com 
> >
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> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Bookshare books not opening
>
>
>> Hi Antonio,
>> This used to happen to me all the time. The bookshare people don't
>> really know what it is but kept telling me to uninstall and reinstall
>> the unpack tool. I recommend doing that first. Also, I download books
>> now by pressing open instead of save on the dialog box and then
>> copying the 4 required files on the file screen that opens. I then
>> paste it into my books folder and only have to enter my bookshare
>> password once as opposed to the 6 or so times Kurzweil wants you to
>> when unpacking through their program.I hope this helps!
>>
>> Best Wishes,
>> Domonique
>>
>> On 3/14/09, T. Joseph Carter <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I just realized that Bookshare erroneously tells you to download and
>>> use The Unarchiver with their books.  Totally unnecessary--but  
>>> it's a
>>> useful tool, so I'll explain how to set it up.
>>>
>>> The way you use The Unarchiver is to drop it in your Applications
>>> directory and run it.  This will bring up its preferences dialog  
>>> box,
>>> allowing you to decide what to use it on.
>>>
>>> In the Archive Formats tab, find the Select All button and press it.
>>> There's a list of archive formats above that, and I suggest
>>> deselecting everything between Gzip File and UNIX Compress Tar
>>> Archive.  The Mac can handle those itself, and there's a small bug  
>>> in
>>> The Unarchiver.
>>>
>>> Close that, then just open the archives you want to decompress.
>>> They'll appear in a folder of the same name as the zip file, right
>>> next to it.  (You need not install The Unarchiver to do this with a
>>> zip file, though.)
>>>
>>> Joseph
>>>
>>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 02:26:06PM -0700, T. Joseph Carter wrote:
>>>> They're zip files now.  You no longer need the archive utility from
>>>> bookshare--BOMArchiveHelper (built-in Mac utility that runs when  
>>>> you
>>>> double-click a zip file) or The Unarchiver (a free replacement for
>>>> BOMArchiveHelper that handles a lot more archive formats--I  
>>>> suggest not
>>>> using it for .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 files due to a bug) should open
>>>> bookshare books directly now.
>>>>
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 07:07:12PM -0600, Maurice Mines wrote:
>>>>> Also does anyone who has a Mac know how to unzip books with the  
>>>>> archive
>>>>> utility from bookshare?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 13, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Antonio Guimaraes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a bookshare question I can use some help for.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use BookShare in conjunction with Kurzweil. I am downloading  
>>>>>> books
>>>>>> that I can not open. The book title appears as a subfolder in the
>>>>>> downloads folder
>>>>>> in Kurzweil. I can not access the folder in Windows explorer. I  
>>>>>> get a
>>>>>> message saying "the compressed zip folder is invalid, or  
>>>>>> corrupted."
>>>>>> I get similar
>>>>>> results with Kurzweil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One title where this happens is 101 Ways to Answer the Toughest
>>>>>> Interview Questions. I would appreciate any assistance you can  
>>>>>> direct
>>>>>> to the list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Antonio M. Guimaraes Jr.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Customer Service Representative
>>>>>> National Braille Press
>>>>>> 1800 548-read, ext 40.
>>>>>> aguimaraes at nbp.org
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