Well, maybe since - as I said - I have taken some books to the library and they told me that they looked okay - I don't really know what a broken spine looks like. Hmmm, maybe I haven't broken any after all. Although this one book I scanned now looks a little crooked when it's closed. Does that mean the spine is broken?
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:34 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
Cindy, I have an Epson scanner, also, and I have never broken a book spine yet, either. In the market paperbacks, the book pages tend to want to stay open when I am finished scanning the book, but no real damage has ever been done, not even to The Silver Fairy Book, which had loose binding when I received it.Linda Adams----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:51 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner questionI 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 KeckTo: 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.____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat?Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxPut the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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