[bksvol-discuss] scanning trade paperbacks
- From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 20:35:47 -0700
Hey everyone,
Hope you've all enjoyed a restful Labor Day weekend so far. I want to know
people's experiences scanning trade paperbacks. Just in case you aren't
familiar with the term, these are the larger and more expensive paperbacks.
About a year and a half ago, when I was just really getting into scanning
for Bookshare, I purchased a paperback off Amazon. I did this not knowing
one paperback from another, just assuming that I would have more luck with
one of these than a hardcover book, and also of course not wanting to pay
the extra bucks for a hardbound book. Well, when the novel arrived on my
doorstep, I found that when opened, and with spine bent back, the book was
too large for my scanner. Since I hate the idea of scanning one page at a
time when I can use my scanning software to conquer two at a pop, the book
has sat untouched all this time. I should send it to Bookshare, but my
abilities of procrastination are often legendary.
Now, yesterday I was in a used bookstore and found a trade paperback that
looked smaller than my first attempt. Excitedly, I took it home, and wanting
to confirm my guess, I began to bend the book back. The spine promptly
broke. Yes, broke. The book is literally in two pieces now, and I think that
keeping it together enough for scanning might be tedious. Yes, I know this
all sounds picky, but I've been spoiled by the mass market paperbacks. They
can be bent open enough so you don't even have to hold the book down on the
scanner, and they are never too big.
So, I suppose the questions I'm leading up to are: Do you all tend to use
the trade paperbacks? Are my experiences unique, or is this fairly typical?
Being able to scan the trades would open up a lot more possibilities for
scannning. If you scan the trades, how do you flatten out the book without
shattering the spine? Or again, was that occurrence more singular than
common?
Thanks,
Scott
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