When I moved from Ontario to BC about a year ago, I scanned about 95% of my books using a similar system. Carrying them in my computer (+ Time Machine + Carboni

When I moved from Ontario to BC about a year ago, I scanned about 95% of my books using a similar system. Carrying them in my computer (+ Time Machine + Carbonite) was much easier than hauling them across Canada in boxes. I kept some books: my Tufte books (e.g. Visual Explanations), an old book of poetry that I inherited, my Physics 101 textbook (of sentimental value)... I didn't run the OCR. I found it too slow and the final results didn't impress me. OCR can't handle mathematical equations. I suppose I could have used OCR on the novels, but I didn't bother. Scanning my books was a gamble because there was no tablet or e-Reader that seemed good enough, but there were rumors of an Apple tablet coming soon. Thankfully the rumors were true!