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
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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.
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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
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[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
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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
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