[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Covers

  • From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:24:57 -0400

For hardcovers, I always try to scan the inside flap stuff because it usually contains info about the book itself, and often something about the author as well. I've found that those usually, but not always, scan, with some tweaking sometimes. However, I don't even try to scan the front and back outside covers in most cases. Those are usually a lost cause as far as OCR goes, having the title in huge text mixed in with art and other graphicals. The back cover usually just has marketing fluff on it, when I can determine what's on it at all with my Optacon. Besides, the title is inside the book, often on more than one title page, so the time spent trying to OCR the outside covers just isn't worth the trouble for the redundant information on them.
I did get a good scan of the outside back cover of one kids book I submitted recently. It had a brief excerpt from the book, which was very funny and I thought might draw kids into reading the rest of it. But those kinds of things are exceptions. 

Evan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina" <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> 
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I skip them as well.
I always try with every library book with the plastic covers but they never scan well. 
Christina
----- Original Message ----- From: <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Covers


I don't think the library would appreciate your removing their mylar. It
would be good to scan that material if you can do so easily, but it is likely just the synopsis that will be filled in automatically when you submit it. I don't 
think it is essential, so just skip it.
"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various 
ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx

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[bksvol-discuss] Book Covers
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Hi.

I have two library books here that I scanned Saturday and yesterday. Are
covers mandatory? I am asking because they refuse to scan. There is obviously 
stuff
written on them, but Kurzweil is not recognizing it all. Should I remove the plastic and attempt to scan the paper beneath it? I hate the thought of doing 
that since it looks like the sheet is stuck pretty nicely beneath the
plastic.

-Alyssa


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