In truth, I don't chop, I slice. I use a straightedge and an exacto knife. Depending on page thickness. I get 10 to 15 pages at a time. I didn't want to do it at first, so I started with books that were already falling apart. Once I saw a great improvement in scan quality, I felt better about doing newer books. But, I still can't bring myself to cut up a hardcover book.
Misha Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
Really! That word chop when applied to books kind of makes me cringe."The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. " Leon Trotsky The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com <http://wwww.themilitant.com>Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.comGranma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rowsSubj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Elligible Books Date: 9/10/2009 10:10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table endWhy do you have to chop? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:12 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Elligible Books > Sounds like you've done more on Iron Sunrise than I have (I knew doing > recent books was risky when I started it). I have to chop books to scan > them, but my copy of Singularity Sky is hardcover and I'm not up to> chopping hardcovers, so I haven't done that one. The other Stross I have > is Saturn's Children, which I have been working on. With all the comments> about sex and sexual language in books on the list these days, this one> would definitely not be to everyone's taste. But, it is robot sex, so it> should only be listed as adult content for robots (maybe, smile, > possibly). It is also, hilarious, and the most firmly tongue in cheek > book I have read in some time. > > Misha > > EVAN REESE wrote:>> Hi Mike, which Charles Stross novels? I have scanned Singularity Sky and>> Iron Sunrise, and have cleaned them up. They remain only to be read by >> me. If these are the ones you are referring to, then it will only be a>> few weeks before I get those two submitted. If these are not the ones you>> are talking about, then by all means, please scan and submit them. I >> really like his work. >> >> Evan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:35 AM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Elligible Books >> >> >>> OOOH, I'd like to proof that. >>> >>> By the way, I have more collections of science fiction short stories>>> that I have scanned, but not yet cleaned up (just not enough time in the>>> day) for submitting, yet, but I'll try to get to them soon. >>> >>> Also, a couple Charles Stross novels >>> >>> Misha >>> >>> Gary Petraccaro wrote: >>>> Then sf readers can expect a mamoth Leigh Brackett short story >>>> collection to show up shortly. It's been rank spelled and spell >>>> checked. All I need to do is a read through. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* EVAN REESE <mailto:mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:10 PM >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Elligible Books >>>> >>>> Sure. I've put books up on the system that were published by the >>>> British publisher Gollancz and say "Printed in London" right on >>>> the copyright page. >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* Gary Petraccaro <mailto:garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:32 PM >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Elligible Books >>>> >>>> Are books published in England acceptable if they're not >>>> published here? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list>>> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject >>> line. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.>> >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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