[bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:51:42 -0700 (PDT)
I have an Epson and true, I do press down on the
spine, but I've never broken one, either hard bound or
paperback. Once I was scanning pages from a paperback
that already was broken and had loose section, and in
that case I think I contributed another one or two,
but, as I said, it was in bad shape to begin with.
What is a book-edge scanner? I can position the books
in such a way as that they are flush with the edge,
either the bottom or one side or the other. I have a
1660 and think I had a 1250/1650 before.
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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