[bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:46:46 -0700
It depends on two things: your budget, and how much you care about the
condition of the book after you scan it. If you're not worried about
breaking the spine of books, then lots of people think highly of Epson
scanners. You can get a refurbished model from their web site for - I think
less than one hundred dollars, although I haven't checked this personally.
Since they're not book edge, you have to flatten the book pretty good to
avoid missing words in the spine. But you probably know that. If you want to
keep your books pristine, or nearly so anyway, then a great many people like
the Plustek Optic Book 3600, which is a book edge scanner. The spelling of
that might be slightly off. But that scanner will set you back around $230,
giv or take.
HTH
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Nicki Keck
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:09 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Scanner question
Hi all,
Which scanners are best for book scanning? My scanner is 10 years old,
and it seems to not be working well. I use openbook. Thanks for any
suggestions of a good scanner. I asked my husband for one for my birthday,
and he asked for suggestions of good ones that people use to read books with
access software like Openbook. Thanks in advance for any help.
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