[bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP

  • From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:04:58 -0700

Greetings, all.

Seems to me I downloaded The Scottish Chiefs believing that I also got the text when in actuality what I got was the internet link for each chapter, not the actual .txt. I will try it again just to make sure.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Benoit" <reb503@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:29 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP



With all the talk about "The Scottish Chiefs" I decided that I had to have it. I downloaded it, in TXT, from Gutenberg with no difficulty in a minute or so.

Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 8:52 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP



It doesn't work very well.

At 06:09 PM 9/16/2006, Joseph Norton wrote:
What about using the Spyder?  Wouldn't that work?  The BookPort Spyder
is on the start menu under the programs for the BookPort transfer
software.

On 9/16/06, Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Did you have fun downloading The Scottish Chiefs?  I would not do
that again on a bet!  I think you can now download the complete text
all at once from Gutenburg.

Here's the inside joke.  With some books in HTML, you have to
download the book a chapter at a time, pasting the chapters into a
word processor document.  I sort of recommended the Scottish Chiefs
to Michael.  That book is close to 70 chapters long!  I DID warn him,
though.  It gives a whole new meaning to the word, "tedious".

At 01:04 PM 9/16/2006, Michael Bowman-Jones wrote:
>Greetings Walt and List,
>Well, turns out it didn't work--all I got was the Table of Contents
>page. It does make me wonder though if a book could be transferred
>by chapter, which could be real tedious if the volume has 60-70
>chapters in it. I know this will bring a laugh out of a certain
>list participant out there--I was messing around with The Scottish >Chiefs.
>
>Michael
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:05 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP
>
>
>>If you use JAWS, press JAWS Key (INSERT)+T to see what's happening. I
didn't
>>realize you could download directly to the BP, but I've never fiddled
around
>>with Book Port Spider, either.
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Bowman-Jones"
>><mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:04 AM
>>Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting books for my BP
>>
>>
>>Hi, David and List.
>>
>>Here's a follow-up to Chase's question. Once a book has been found >>and
the
>>download is attempted, is there a way to monitor or check the ongoing
>>status? (I did not see such in the manual but I could have missed >>it.) As
>>a "newbie" so to speak, just for grins I went to the .edu link listed >>in
>>Walt's previous message and found a book to download. Alt-f did >>nothing
for
>>me option-wise, so I tried the Applications menu, which offered up >>the BP
>>Spider. Even as we speak, the unit seems to be doing something, as I >>get
an
>>eight-note tune every so often. (I was expecting a beep more than a
tune.)
>>Given that I am not sure what's happening, I am just letting it do >>its
>>thing. Is what I describe supposed to be happening? (If not, I >>guess I
>>will have to go back to the manual and do some more re-reading.)
>>
>>Thanks in advance to whomever lends their expertise; it is highly
>>appreciated.
>>
>>God Bless you all and have a great day.
>>Michael
>>
>>
>>
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