In addition to that, unlike most hardcovers and trade paperbacks, the
margins in mass market paperbacks are often very close to the spine of the
book, which can make for difficult OCR in that area. The best way I've found
to handle those in general is to just bend the heck out of them, flatten
them as much as possible and scan them in two page mode.
Evan
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From: Roger Loran Bailey (Redacted sender "rogerbailey81" for DMARC)
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 9:37 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Chris Zeigler
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book scanning
As a general rule hardcovers and trade paperback books are easier to
scan. Trade paperbacks are the same as hardcovers except that they have
paper covers. Mass market paperbacks tend to be harder scans. That is
because hardcovers and trade paperbacks use much higher quality paper.
This is just a general rule though. Sometimes hardcovers can use some
poor quality paper too, especially if they are book club editions. Also,
a brand new mass market paperback might give a higher quality scan than
an old hardcover.
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On 12/21/2018 8:57 PM, Chris Zeigler wrote:
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Hello I was wondering is it easier to scan a paper at back or a book with a hardcover? The book I'm trying to find is only available in paperback or Library binding
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Chris
