[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
- From: "CJ Vining" <Vining@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:58:59 -0700
Oh, how I miss my Reading Edge for this very reason!
I press the spine down on both pb and hc books. It makes scanning hard work,
yes, but at least I can be fairly certain that I won't have to go back and
rescan pages a second time. I've become a great fan of the public library in
the last few months, because their books are flexible enough not to need their
spines pressed.
Some time back, didn't one of you have information about a particular new
scanner which is designed similar to the Reading Edge? I neglected to make a
note of the name of it, so if anyone knows what this is, I'd be grateful if it
were posted again.
Joanie
----- Original Message -----
From: Patti Johnson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scannin g
I was asking the gentleman at FS today if he scanned books and he said no.
He said what he knew about that was that most paperbacks have cheap paper for
pages, and the fact you have to hold the binding down to get a good scan, so he
had never tried scanning a book but said he thought he might try it. How many
of you hold the binding down while scanning? Seems to me if you are going to
do that then you have to sit at the computer/scanner the whole time the book is
scanning, whether you do it in segments but still, that sounds like a lot of
effort, and wondered if that is what you all do. I also wonder if hardback
books are easier, if you have to hold that binding down as often on a hardback
book. The gentleman at FS said that was one of the things he really had liked
about the reading edge, that all that effort wasn't necessary because of how
you had the book positioned on the scanner, and the fact you could put it in a
farther back position, however he said it. Anyway, just curious,
Patti
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