[bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods of Scanning was Re: Re: Wet, Greencandidate for Scott
- From: "Katie Hill" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 19:23:14 -0700
HI Everyone,
The one reason I am using more library books is because I am using I am
using the Opticbook book edge scanner.
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Katie Hill
Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods of Scanning was Re: Re: Wet,
Greencandidate for Scott
Hi Scott:
I never close the scanner lid because with it open I can hold down the book.
As far as library books, the ones I've gotten the bindings were pretty beat
up and so I didn't have to put much pressure on them.
Grace
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From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 2:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Methods of Scanning was Re: Re: Wet,
Greencandidate for Scott
> Hey Katie,
>
> I'm not too surprised about the superior text quality in the hc books.
> However, I've scanned exclusively paperback since beginning my volunteer
> time for Bookshare, and on only two or three occasions has subpar text
> quality affected my scans. As a general rule, using Openbook, I get a
> nearly flawless scan without adjusting any settings, other than increasing
> the dots per inch setting to 400. This holds true for both trade
> paperbacks as well as the mass market releases, and also a wide range of
> books from both large and small publishers. I also don't use library books
> because I really traumatize the spines of the books I buy, thus
> eliminating the need to press down on the book. I can literally place a
> book flat on the scanner, and because of my ministrations with the spine,
> I don't even have to close the scanner ... the book will still be snug
> enough against the glass to provide a near-perfect scan.
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katie Hill" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 5:56 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wet, Greencandidate for Scott
>
>
>> Hi Scott,
>>
>> That is interesting, I am getting a lot of books from the library these
>> days, I tend to like a good hard cover. The text quality appears to be
>> better in them than paper backs.
>>
>> Huggles, Katie
>>
>> Katie Hill
>> You can learn a lot if you are humble enough to listen.
>> Lynn Lewis Warren
>> Email: Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks
>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:51 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wet, Greencandidate for Scott
>>
>> Hey Lissi,
>>
>> I appreciate your thinking of the horror-hungry on your literary
>> excursions
>> and browsing adventures. I am going to take myself out of the mix for
>> this
>> particular book though, as I has somewhat of a back log of books to wade
>> through. I'm also not a fan of hardcover books, just one of my several
>> finicky tendencies when it comes to scanning for Bookshare.
>>
>> If there are no takers on the Epperson book, you could always ship it off
>> to
>>
>> Bookshare.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Scott
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:52 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Wet, Greencandidate for Scott
>>
>>
>>>
>>> At a library bag sale today I found a book you might be interested in
>>> scanning, or have scanned, or, ...
>>>
>>> I don't remember who's doing what, especially if they are focusing on a
>>> category that doesn't interest me. Back to my Find. The book is Green
>>> Lake
>>
>>> by S. K. Epperson, copyright 1996, a hardcover book in excellent
>>> condition, 263 pages. and if you have it already or aren't interested in
>>> it, it's all right because it didn't cost much. It may not be horrible
>>> enough, but horror was mentioned in the book's description below..
>>>
>>> A suddenly widowed and penniless woman is forced to move into her
>>> sister's
>>
>>> vacation cabin on Green Lake. But instead of quiet and solitude, she
>>> finds
>>
>>> herself immersed in a world of depravity, blackmail
>>> and-ultimately-murder.
>>>
>>> And what should she think of the tall and taciturn native American who
>>> lives next door?
>>>
>>> From one of the most sophisticated novelists utilizing the explosive
>>> mating of the terrifying and the deceptively prosaic, comes the
>>> hair-raising story of a most unlikely couple to find themselves
>>> dangerously alone in an alien world.
>>>
>>> Epperson has shown a talent for nonsupernatural horror that is involving
>>> and often psychologically insightful...original and
>>> convincing...Epperson
>>> mixes horror and thriller elements-with dashes of realistic romance-into
>>> a
>>
>>> gripping eclectic read.
>>>
>>> If you, or anyone else is interested in scanning, Green Lake, I'll mail
>>> it
>>
>>> to you.
>>>
>>> Contact me at
>>>
>>> airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> It was a productive browsing day. I found several books we don't have
>>> yet,
>>
>>> some mysteries, some sweet stuff, humor, and a big, thick book about
>>> Henry's oldest daughter, "Bloody Mary," for the many of you I know who
>>> can't get enough of that period in English history.
>>>
>>> Always with love,
>>>
>>> Lissi
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