[bksvol-discuss] Re: saving scanned books
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:42:16 -0600
Wow! I'm not Monica and do not have K1000 either. So Gerald,, would you
please give the whole path for making a my ebooks folder in my documents? I
would greatly appreciate that.
TIA,
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Hovas
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 10:03 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: saving scanned books
Monica,
If you're using K-1000 to read the books you download, then I'd suggest
putting them in the Kurzweil 1000 folder which Sharon mentioned whether
you're using K-1000 to download the books or not since K-1000 will probably
default to this folder when you open a book. If it doesn't default to this
folder, then I'd configure it to default there or to default to the folder
where you would like to save your books. Since I don't have K-1000 yet, I
created a "My EBooks" folder in my "My Documents" folder, and I'm storing my
downloaded books in it.
I'm also creating subfolders in my "My EBooks" folder for a given author or
category of books like John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Miscellaneous, and
Reference. You might also want to create a folder for a particular series
like the Harry Potter books which are so popular. It's not necessary, but
the reason I like to do this is simply to make books easier to find since
the list of books in a given folder are much shorter than if you dump all of
your books into the same folder. It's especially helpful when you're trying
to see which books you already have by a particular author or want to go
back and reread a particular series. By creating the folders for a
particular author, series, or category in the folder where K-1000 defaults
to, then when you open a book, then all of your folders for grouping books
are at your fingertips, and you just have to find the folder associated with
the author, series, or category you're thinking of, open that folder, then
all of the books you'd like to see separetly are in a list by themselves
instead of mixed up with another couple hundred books. Having folders for
separate authors also makes it easier to find the right book when you've
downloaded books with the same title like Clear and Present Danger by
Baynard Kendrick, which the llist has been discussing recently, and Clear
and Present Danger by Tom Clancy, which is part of Clancy's popular Jack
Ryan series.
Like I said, creating subfolders in your main folder for your books isn't
necessary, but grouping books into smaller groups which makes sense to you
can make a book easier to find or make it easier to see which books you
already have or would like to add to your personal collection.
HTH
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sharon Jackson
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 8:56 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: saving scanned books
Monica,
If you use Kurzweil 1000 to download your books, it automatically saves them
in a download folder. When I scan books, I save them in the books folder.
When Kurzweil 1000 is installed, it creates a folder called Kurzweil 1000 in
your "my Documents" folder on your C drive so there is no reason to have to
re-save your file unless you are afraid it will be corrupted while your
scanning.
HTH,
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Svopa
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:10 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] saving scanned books
Hello everyone. I wondered once you find a book on bookshare that you
want to have, could you tell me some of the folders that you would place
them in. I know this is not a bookshare question but I thought I would ask
in hopes of getting some answers. Could or should I create the folder off
the C drive? I'm a computer user, but a novice at that. Go figure. I use
Jaws for my software. Any assistance would be appreciated. I also have
K-1000. Thanks so much.
Monica
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