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Interested to hear your process for this. I remember a DIY book scanner some years ago but OCR etc have progressed a lot in the 5 years or so since I last read
by bronco21016 9y ago
Interested to hear your process for this. I remember a DIY book scanner some years ago but OCR etc have progressed a lot in the 5 years or so since I last read about that. Do you have some kind of dedicated scanner? Just photos? What do you use for processing.
I’d love to do this for the bookshelf of reference books that I still occasionally reach out to but are taking up a ton of space.
- pkaye 9y agoFor things like manuals, data books and those that are no longer sold I just search Google or archive.org for pdf copies. For other commercial books, the easiest thing is something like 1DollarScan.com which will tear open the book bindings and scan for you. Other approaches that worked in the past include 1) knew a family member who worked in a copy store where I could play with a fast scanner. 2) Some publishers like Oreilly's in the past let you get pdf copies for free or nominal price if you provide proof that you bought a paper copy. 3) I have scanner at home for small books or documents but it is usually too much manual work. But largely over the past 5+ years, I only buy DRM free pdf books. Many of the technical book publishers have sales throughout the year on their website where you can buy books at steep discount. I'm just a pdf book packrat :)