[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
- From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:22:19 -0700
Hi Evan,
Yeah, the consensus seems to be that buying the trade editions new is the
wiser purchase. I'll definitely keep that in mind. Curious though about one
thing you said. When you say that the trades are of a higher quality, does
that translate to when you scan the book, or are you strictly talking about
the quality of the paper? Because, for the most part, the mass market books
I've scanned have come out near perfect without any effort on my part to
tweak scanning settings.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
Scott, I have bought trade paperbacks new, but not used. I haven't
encountered the spine shattering experience you mentioned. But I can see
that older ones might do that if the glue dries out. I prefer buying them
new trade paperbacks instead of mass-market paperbacks because they are of
higher-quality than mass-market paperbacks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanning trade paperbacks
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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