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Hi, I have been using BOOKs for a while now and like the program very much. The library I'm organizing is totally made up of electronic documents. So the...
bill macleod
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Sep 7, 2006
7:49 pm
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Books is operating properly. The default (and only) behavior is to copy files to the Application Support folder for safekeeeping. This is done so that moving...
Chris Karr
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Sep 7, 2006
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Hi Chris, WOW..... thanks for the quick response. Sounds like a good fix. I'll give it a shot this afternoon. Thanks again for the wonderful program. Bill...
bill macleod
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Sep 7, 2006
8:43 pm
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Hi again, I tried using an alias but BOOKs still loads the file said alias points to in App Support. I even tried deleting the file in app support and...
bill macleod
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Sep 8, 2006
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Sorry if this ends up as a double post, I thought I already sent this but I dont see it. linking to an alias just puts the file in App Support anyway. When I...
bill macleod
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Sep 8, 2006
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I think for now, we're out of options. However, I'll look into better alias support in one of the upcoming versions of the app. -Chris...
Chris Karr
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Sep 19, 2006
2:04 pm
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I've been looking at a number of personal library cataloguing utilities such as - Bookends <http://www.sonnysoftware.com/> and Bookpedia...
Antony Barry
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Oct 29, 2006
5:40 pm
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Hi! Thanks for Books. In a previous version of books you could add location entries to a drop down menu. In the latest version, it seems that location always ...
Scott Field
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Feb 6, 2007
7:27 pm
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Since the iSight camera no longer seems to be available, has anyone had success using a different camera for scanning? I tried a cheap web cam that I had and...
Scott Field
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Feb 6, 2007
7:36 pm
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This question may be based on a misunderstanding and if so I apologise. However: I use iTunes to control my music library, and I think the Cover Flow view is...
davidsbthomas
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Jun 28, 2007
11:50 am
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Hi, 1) I'd like to use Z39.50 servers to search books information but I can't find how to do this. 2) It would so great if developers of Books could write a...
azastorr
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Jun 28, 2007
12:00 pm
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Honestly, we don't have to wait for Leopard - CoverFlow could be implemented in the current Books codebase. The reason it's not there is that I haven't had a...
Chris Karr
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Jun 28, 2007
11:42 pm
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Most of the Books Quickfill plugins use Z39.50 to retrieve book details. Take a look at some of the plugins at ...
Chris Karr
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Jun 28, 2007
11:44 pm
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Is there any way to export every aspect of a books info, including picture, to a web page of my own design? Web export creates a site with its own format and...
chumknee
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Oct 3, 2007
5:06 pm
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Not unless you know CSS and XSLT. The XML exporter output could be transformed into whatever you want, but there's nothing aside from that at the moment. I'll...
Chris Karr
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Oct 3, 2007
6:17 pm
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Hello, i was trying to fill the "ISBN" field of my old list of italian books, but i don't seem to manage to get it through. when data are collected form the...
p.amat
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Oct 11, 2007
2:00 pm
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Can you send me the ISBN or titles of books that are exhibiting these problems? -Chris...
Chris Karr
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Oct 11, 2007
5:59 pm
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My thanks to the guys who put in the time and effort for this program. It's really easy to use and pretty intuitive. 2 questions: 1 - is the tab-delimited...
flybot1243
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Oct 12, 2007
12:41 pm
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... Tab-delimited is a pretty free form export format. I've done my best to make it useful and understandable to other apps, but there may not be a complete...
Chris Karr
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Oct 12, 2007
1:35 pm
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Wow, what a quick resposne! Shelfari is a site that allows me to share my library with other people. I'm not getting any specific error messages. Here are two ...
flybot1243
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Oct 12, 2007
2:59 pm
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I checked out that Shelfari site and it looks quite nice. To bad a plugin could not be made for that site. It is almost a compliment to Books! This could be...
burwell14617
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Oct 12, 2007
11:04 pm
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A plugin is certainly doable, but it may be a while before I get to it. In the meantime, you may want to do the following: 1. Create a few sample books in...
Chris Karr
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Oct 14, 2007
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When "Copies" opens it automatically opens with "Bookshelf" as a location. Is there any way to remove this and open up with a blank form?...
chumknee
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Oct 15, 2007
1:52 am
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Not at the moment. That was the default behavior, but enough users complained that copies should be made automatically that I added it. Note that you can...
Chris Karr
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Oct 17, 2007
4:41 pm
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List members: I want to use Books to catalogue my library in numbered boxes. What's the best way to do this? I need to be able to go back and find books in the...
pavlick_mark
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Oct 19, 2007
6:41 pm
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I use the "location" to enter my box #. You can then sort by location or by title and find the box #. Hope that helps, Kari B...
KBRAUTIGAM
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Oct 20, 2007
3:09 am
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Chris, Is there any way to get rid of the line: "Buy online: Amazon, Barnes & Noble" that appears with every book? I really dislike having advertisement. ...
chumknee
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Oct 20, 2007
3:09 am
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Kari B., Thanks very much! I didn't even see that field. - Mark...
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Oct 20, 2007
9:08 pm
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Not yet. This is something that will be addressed in the next web exporter. -Chris...
Chris Karr
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Oct 22, 2007
1:50 pm
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Last time I clicked on Barnes & Noble on my website, it said that they no longer supported that program....
Ken McGuire
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Oct 22, 2007
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