[bookshare-discuss] Re: Scanner question
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:00:59 -0700 (PDT)
You possibly loosened it a little more, but that just
means it wasn't in perfect condition in the first
place. I had at least one book that was in3 separate
sections when I got it, four when I returned it.
Sometimes I wonder why they keep them, but then I'm
glad, because otherwise they're unavailable,
especially some of the older ones.
In addition to providing a service to handicapped
readers, we're preserving books that otherwise would
disappear, since Project Gutenberg only does books
that are out of copyright. There are some excellent
books not that old but are out-of-print. If we cn get
them and add them to the collection, they become
available, at least to members.
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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 question
> >
> >
> >>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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