Thanks for the explanation, Bud. Cindy --- Bud Schwab <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > No I don't use the top cover I should've called it. > I just press > down firmly on the glass itself. That's where I > broke two different > ones. Some you have to press quite hard to get it > flat enough. The > glass is held by some little clips and some kind of > sticky stuff but > they're pretty flimsy and will snap with enough > pressure. I fussed > at Epson about it but they said those scanners were > made basically > for photos and light work like that. I wonder if > anybody else has > had the problem of the glass falling down at a > corner or > edge. Anyway, as I said a new glass in the frame > was only about $20 > so on with my heavy scanning. > > BudAt 09:16 PM 2/27/2007, you wrote: > >Bud, > > > >Your comment about getting a new top for the > scanner > >leads me to wonder if you use the top and press > down > >on the top and if that's what broke. Shortly after > I > >started scanning s few years ago I learned that one > >isn't supposed to use the cover-I guess it's just > for > >keeping the platen clean when the scanner is not in > >use. One presses on the book itself enough to see > that > >it seems to be flat on the glass, especially at the > >binding. > > > >If I misunderstood, I apologize. > > > >Cindy > > > >--- Bud Schwab <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I also prefer to push the book down hard down on > the > > > scanner, but I > > > have broken two scanners by pushing too hard. I > > > repaired the last > > > one myself with a couple small sdcrews even > though > > > it was still under > > > waranty. I figured that was easier than having > my > > > wife take me to > > > the repair center and leaving it for a week or > so. > > > Actually I was > > > able to order a new top for a little over twenty > > > bucks which will > > > solve all my problems. > > > > > > Bud > > > At 07:45 PM 2/27/2007, you wrote: > > > >The only time I chopped a book it was a large > > > paperback, and my > > > >husband used a knife if I remember correctly. > I > > > really prefer to > > > >push the binding down hard and would > disassemble a > > > book as a last resort. > > > > > > > >Diane > > > > > > > > > > > >---------- > > > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > Behalf Of GenePoole > > > >Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:26 PM > > > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book chopping or > > > other defacing > > > > > > > >As I've said before, I am an avid book lover > and > > > the thought of > > > >chopping up a book has about the same appeal as > > > chopping up my wife, > > > >should I have one. But you can do it much > easier > > > with an exacto > > > >knife, should you so choose to do, rather than > a > > > paper cutter, I've found. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: <mailto:kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Katie Hill > > > >To: > > > > ><mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 6:21 PM > > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book chopping or > > > other defacing > > > > > > > >HI Carrie and all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >When I firs started chopping books I took them > to > > > Home demo. Now MJ > > > >cuts them for me with a carpet knife. He can > get as > > > good a cut as a > > > >chopper. There are also paper cutters available > for > > > 50 to 100 pages > > > >for not too much out there if you plan on doing > > > this a lot over time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Katie Hill > > > > > > > >You can learn a lot if you are humble enough to > > > listen. > > > > > > > >Lynn Lewis Warren > > > > > > > >Email: > > > > <mailto:Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >503-777-7155 > > > > > > > >---------- > > > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > > Behalf Of Carrie Karnos > > > >Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 2:36 PM > > > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book chopping or > > > other defacing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yes, I do the same thing to "chop" a book. I > > > remove the cover by > > > >hand, and then use an industrial-strength > chopper > > > that's in the > > > >office, right behind where I was sitting in the > CBS > > > video. The > > > >chopper goes through paperbacks, even 400 page > > > ones, like a hot > > > >knife through butter. Hardbound books are a > > > different > > > >story. Because the pages are thicker, I > usually > > > cut the book into > > > >200-page sections, and then have to use most of > my > > > weight to get the > > > >blade through the pages. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Luckily most publishers try to have the same > inside > > > margin next to > > > >the spine, but occasionally the margin will > vary > > > and I'll chop off > > > >some words on several pages. This is what > happened > > > when I chopped a > > > >February New York Times bestseller, The Winter > > > Lodge. There are > > > >probably 20 pages with words chopped off, so I > have > > > to check those > > > >pages very carefully and type in the complete > word. > > > Sigh! At least > > > >all the other bestsellers were okay. I'll try > to > > > get all the easy > > > >bestsellers (and the ones people have > requested) > > > into the collection > > > >first, then validate the harder ones (the > > > non-fiction ones and The > > > >Winter Lodge). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Carrie > > > > > > > >agoldringtajalli > <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >Jamie, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >For those who do not already know how to "chop" > a > > > book - painful > > > >though it may seem - this is how I did it - I > > > removed the cover as > > > >one piece and then had the "spine" cut off by > the > > > nearest hardware > > > >store like Ace's or Lowe's or you local store. > It > > > may seem dreadful > > > >but sometimes it not only facilitates the use > of > > > the ADF scanner but > > > >the use of a normal scanner. In addition, it > > > insures that the words > > > >on the inner margins will be included without > > > distortion. I did it > > > >when I was scanning so that I could insure that > the > > > whole pages > > > >would be clear. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >It is a choice between having one book for > myself > > > or having a really > > > >good copy of a book for Bookshare. And I can > > > always keep the cover > > > >with the loose pages to use to check the > original > > > when validating > > > >the copy. And if I want my heirs to inherit > the > > > book they will be > > > >happy to have something from me even in that > form. > > > I would not > > > >recommend doing it to first printings and first > > > editions; Nor to > > > >very valuable editions. One book I splurged > and > > > bought in paperback > > > >to avoid harming my hardback while still > getting a > > > copy I could read > > > >from the scan. I needed the scan to read but > would > > > not harm the > > > >good edition and it was worth the $ to get the > > > paperback. In most > > > >cases I would not, could not afford to do that > but > > > I really wanted > > > >to read the book. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >As for annotating your own books by > highlighting or > > > writing > > > >notes. For books you will keep the notes will > help > > > you when you > > > >next read it or use it for reference and may > also > > > trigger memories > > > >of a time and place - hopefully good. You > might > > > also find you are > > > >adding notes each time you read it. Some of my > > > books have sections > > > >with multi-colored comments and under-linings. > > > Some books I have > > > >lent or given to people who were grateful for > my > > > notes. It is > > > >different if you need to resell the books but > for > > > keepers, do > > > >yourself the favor and highlight and make notes > for > > > your future or > > > >your offspring. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Amy in Florida - stay warm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: <mailto:jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>Jamie > Yates > > > > > > > >Date: 2/26/2007 12:31:28 PM > > > > > > > >To: > > > > ><mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book chopping or > other > > > defacing > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Carrie, I still can't bring myself to highlight > or > > > > > > > >write in a textbook. My classmates have no > qualms > > > > > > > >about it but man some of my books in the past > have > > > > > > > >cost a couple hundred dollars EACH. And some > > > > > > > >bookstores are so picky you can't sell them > back > > > with > > > > > > > >highlighting. Of course when I buy a used one > in > > > the > > > > > > > >bookstore I look for ones with highlighting > > > especially > > > > > > > >if I am pretty sure it was used on that campus. > > > > > > > >Chances are what was important for the previous > > > user > > > > > > > >by that professor is going to be important to > me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >But I won't mark it up myself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >I loved seeing your ADF scanner in the video > and > > > how > > > > > > > >fast that must be but I'm not sure I could chop > a > > > book > > > > > > > >myself. How DO you chop a book, anyway? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Jamie in Michigan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email > > > to > > > > > > > > > > ><mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss-request > > > @freelists.org > > > > > > > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject > > > line. 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