Roger,
Your aversion is shared by everyone here at Bookshare. It is a bit of
trial by fire that new volunteers and staff go through here when they
"kill" their first book.
The machine used to despine books is basically a guillotine powered by an
electric motor to press the blade down through thick books. The one at
Bookshare is about 3 feet wide by 4 feet deep and has legs that have it
standing about three feet off the floor.
Places like Kinkos may have such a machine. We have never needed to check.
Scott
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
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Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 6:48 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chopping books
Even the word chop and book used in the same sentence makes me cringe. As
a
bibliophile long before I became blind I am aghast at destroying books.
However the chopping consists of despining it so that it can be run
through
a high speed scanner. I don't know what kind of equipment is used to
perform
the mutilation, but it resides at the Bookshare offices. Those who want to
despine their own books would, I suppose, have to use another means.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charisma" <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] chopping books
I saw Scott's note about chopping a book and wondered how others do
this. I have scanned intact books so far except the brain injury book
which I owned.
That one I:
--carefully pulled away from the paperback binding
--pulled each page off separately
--trimmed any ragged edges, a few pages at a time, with my scissors
Do you go to Kinko's or something to get booked chopped?
Charisma
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