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I just love having all my books searchable, I use http://1dollarscan.com/ http://1dollarscan.com/ quite regularly for this purpose. It keeps these things really

by stfu 13y ago

I just love having all my books searchable, I use http://1dollarscan.com/ http://1dollarscan.com/ quite regularly for this purpose. It keeps these things really simple, esp. because it still takes me with regular book scanners (the non fully-automated ones) about half an hour scanning a 300 page book.

KeithMajhor 13y ago
I'd never heard of them before. I wonder if they keep the old scans and resell duplicate books. They could make a bunch of extra money on half.com or similar. Depending on how they're scanning the books it'd also save time. Then again, it could be that they're required to destroy the scanned book in order for it to be legal.
- breathesalt 13y ago
  Having run a textbook scanning service (http://www.ptrfy.com/ http://www.ptrfy.com/) for a while now, I can say assuredly that keeping master digital copies or the physical processed books is a substantial legal liability.
  - sdmn 13y ago
    Would it be possible to avoid the problem by storing scanned books in an encrypted form where the key is some words from random page?
- dbaupp 13y ago
  The process to digitise it they use ends up partially destroying the book; at least, it removes the spine ("step 2" of http://1dollarscan.com/works.php http://1dollarscan.com/works.php). They do mention that they keep the book around for 2 weeks (to allow rescans) but then they recycle it. However, doing some more research, it seems that for certain items they can return it: Q. Are books ever returned? A. First of all, please understand that we do NOT return any books after they are scanned. The books are recycled after they are cut and this is part of our operation practice. The exceptions for returns are for photos, material you wrote yourself, material you own the copyright to and only a few more. If one of these exceptions or a similar exception applies to your order and you want the items returned, then please purchase a return option($5) at the time of your order. (http://1dollarscan.com/faq.php http://1dollarscan.com/faq.php)
mmahemoff 13y ago
Really wish this was around elsewhere. Apparently no such service exists in the UK, so when I purged all my dead trees, I just scanned the bar codes as I didn't have the time to scan the whole books (or figure out how to automate it).
- stfu 13y ago
  I often buy books directly from amazon.com (even used ones) and get the seller to ship them to 1$scan. By creating an account you get a personal ID and as long that is visible on the address label the book is filed under your account.
- WalterBright 13y ago
  Most of my books are far too old for bar codes.
dunham 13y ago
Wish I knew about these guys a year ago, when I got rid of most of my books to make room for a nursery. My book search solution is to upload a list of ISBNs to google books and do "search within my library". It doesn't have full coverage, but is better than nothing.

by stfu 13y ago

KeithMajhor 13y ago

I'd never heard of them before. I wonder if they keep the old scans and resell duplicate books. They could make a bunch of extra money on half.com or similar. Depending on how they're scanning the books it'd also save time. Then again, it could be that they're required to destroy the scanned book in order for it to be legal.

breathesalt 13y ago
Having run a textbook scanning service (http://www.ptrfy.com/ http://www.ptrfy.com/) for a while now, I can say assuredly that keeping master digital copies or the physical processed books is a substantial legal liability.
- sdmn 13y ago
  Would it be possible to avoid the problem by storing scanned books in an encrypted form where the key is some words from random page?
dbaupp 13y ago
The process to digitise it they use ends up partially destroying the book; at least, it removes the spine ("step 2" of http://1dollarscan.com/works.php http://1dollarscan.com/works.php). They do mention that they keep the book around for 2 weeks (to allow rescans) but then they recycle it. However, doing some more research, it seems that for certain items they can return it: Q. Are books ever returned? A. First of all, please understand that we do NOT return any books after they are scanned. The books are recycled after they are cut and this is part of our operation practice. The exceptions for returns are for photos, material you wrote yourself, material you own the copyright to and only a few more. If one of these exceptions or a similar exception applies to your order and you want the items returned, then please purchase a return option($5) at the time of your order. (http://1dollarscan.com/faq.php http://1dollarscan.com/faq.php)

mmahemoff 13y ago

Really wish this was around elsewhere. Apparently no such service exists in the UK, so when I purged all my dead trees, I just scanned the bar codes as I didn't have the time to scan the whole books (or figure out how to automate it).

stfu 13y ago
I often buy books directly from amazon.com (even used ones) and get the seller to ship them to 1$scan. By creating an account you get a personal ID and as long that is visible on the address label the book is filed under your account.
WalterBright 13y ago
Most of my books are far too old for bar codes.

dunham 13y ago

Wish I knew about these guys a year ago, when I got rid of most of my books to make room for a nursery. My book search solution is to upload a list of ISBNs to google books and do "search within my library". It doesn't have full coverage, but is better than nothing.