[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book chopping or other defacing
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:16:44 -0800 (PST)
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
> >
> >
> >
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