[bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
- From: "Nicki Keck" <favorite.blend@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:33:11 -0400
I buy my paperbacks. They don't cost that much, and I don't get to a
library, so I just order them from amazon or something, so it doesn't matter
to me if I have to tear the spine.
Have a blessed day,
Nicki
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in
despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
-----Original Message-----
From: Evan Reese [mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:14 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
A book edge scanner is one where the book hangs down over the edge of the
scanner. That way, you don't have to press down on the book to avoid missing
words in the spine, or the scanner seeing a shadow of the spine. You just
push the spine right up to the edge of the scanner and let the other half
hang down.
I do sometimes break the spine, or that's what it looks like anyway, because
it can be hard to ensure that the middle is getting scanned properly. But
the ones I've taken to be examined at the library they told me looked okay.
Although they looked a bit crooked to me when I was done with them. This
tends to happen more with paperbacks than hardcovers.
Personally, I don't see why some people have such a problem with damaged
spines. If the pages are not damaged, then the book is perfectly readable
and it even stays open better too. But some people seem to. True, they don't
look pristine from the factory. But neither does anything else after its
been used. I'm certainly not going to pay more than twice as much for a
scanner just to prevent the spines from looking a little worn.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
>I have an Epson and true, I do press down on the
> spine, but I've never broken one, either hard bound or
> paperback. Once I was scanning pages from a paperback
> that already was broken and had loose section, and in
> that case I think I contributed another one or two,
> but, as I said, it was in bad shape to begin with.
>
> What is a book-edge scanner? I can position the books
> in such a way as that they are flush with the edge,
> either the bottom or one side or the other. I have a
> 1660 and think I had a 1250/1650 before.
>
> Cindy
> --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It depends on two things: your budget, and how much
>> you care about the
>> condition of the book after you scan it. If you're
>> not worried about
>> breaking the spine of books, then lots of people
>> think highly of Epson
>> scanners. You can get a refurbished model from their
>> web site for - I think
>> less than one hundred dollars, although I haven't
>> checked this personally.
>> Since they're not book edge, you have to flatten the
>> book pretty good to
>> avoid missing words in the spine. But you probably
>> know that. If you want to
>> keep your books pristine, or nearly so anyway, then
>> a great many people like
>> the Plustek Optic Book 3600, which is a book edge
>> scanner. The spelling of
>> that might be slightly off. But that scanner will
>> set you back around $230,
>> giv or take.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Nicki Keck
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:09 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Scanner question
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Which scanners are best for book scanning? My
>> scanner is 10 years old,
>> and it seems to not be working well. I use
>> openbook. Thanks for any
>> suggestions of a good scanner. I asked my husband
>> for one for my birthday,
>> and he asked for suggestions of good ones that
>> people use to read books with
>> access software like Openbook. Thanks in advance
>> for any help.
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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