[bksvol-discuss] Re: Obtaining Books to Scan

Hi Cindy and everyone!
I'm pretty easy on books, even when scanning them, and I have had almost new books crack when just opening them, so some books are bound very poorly these days. 

Debby

At 12:02 AM 4/14/2010, Cindy wrote
Personally, I get my books from the library, both when I used to scan (and now, that I've promised to do one hat no one else can get) and to proof. Scanning really doesn't damage the books, even though one has to press down on the spines to get good scans. And it doesn't damage paperbacks any more than reading them, does. I just finished reading a paperback from the library that I had to hold together with rubber bands because it was beginning to fall apart.When the books are extremely popular and not that well made, by the time I get it just opening the book and turning the pages to read causes more damage. This has happened at least 3 times over the years. Once it was falling apart when I checked it out. 

Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below 



Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List 

--- On Tue, 4/13/10, Andromache <andromakhe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Andromache <andromakhe@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Obtaining Books to Scan
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 11:05 AM
I just want to know how people here get new books to scan. That is, what would be the most cost-effective way of finding and purchasing books that I might be interested enough to read and scan for the collection? Amazon is a great company and their prices are pretty good. However, I've seen used books on there asking for $4 for shipping, which is ridiculous when you can get books locally without paying that. Also, I'd feel mor comfortable about buying the books rather than borrowing from libraries because scanning necessarily destroys the spines. But if I could get books for free without having to worry about wrecking them, I'd certainly jump at such opportunities as well. Any tips you're willing to share would be appreciated. 

Andromakhe
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