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Gladtobemom · 02-06-2008, 12:38 AM

I've put about 30 of my technical references on my tablet PC.

We prepared a little room by installing two daylight ceiling fixtures (each with 4x4ft. daylight bulbs. Then DH put hooks on the ceiling and grommets on a king sized white sheet--and slung it up to tent under the lights.

He deconstructs the books for me by taking the spines off and trimming out the signatures and the sewing. He tries to cut the pages as close to the center of the book as possible.

Then I photograph them with my Pentax K100D (I bought this camera because it takes all my old pentax lenses).

DH and I can do the photography on a 1700 page text in about 8 hours. Yes it's time consuming. Then I make an html web page of them and turn them into a PDF or a Mobi book. IT works great.

I have all the texts I need for reference and teaching in my tablet PC.

I also have them in my little VAIO TR2A.

Total outlay in money, about 50$ for the fixtures and lightbulbs, maybe $10 for the hooks and grommets (had the sheet). The camera was about $500, but I bought it for other reasons.

It is an investment in time. I am NOT distributing these and I own multiple copies. One advantage, I took pictures of the ones with my notes in the margin and linked each page of the clean version with it's annotated version.

I've also put the 3 textbooks that I wrote on Mobi and freely offer the copies to students (after they've bought a copy) in class. I just note it on the copyright page of their copy.

Yep, I destroy the books, so far I've been keeping the copyright pages, pages 16, 99, and the cover. Just to prove that I "own" a legal copy.

02-06-2008, 12:38 AM	#32
Gladtobemom Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Cybook, Palm Z72	I've put about 30 of my technical references on my tablet PC. We prepared a little room by installing two daylight ceiling fixtures (each with 4x4ft. daylight bulbs. Then DH put hooks on the ceiling and grommets on a king sized white sheet--and slung it up to tent under the lights. He deconstructs the books for me by taking the spines off and trimming out the signatures and the sewing. He tries to cut the pages as close to the center of the book as possible. Then I photograph them with my Pentax K100D (I bought this camera because it takes all my old pentax lenses). DH and I can do the photography on a 1700 page text in about 8 hours. Yes it's time consuming. Then I make an html web page of them and turn them into a PDF or a Mobi book. IT works great. I have all the texts I need for reference and teaching in my tablet PC. I also have them in my little VAIO TR2A. Total outlay in money, about 50$ for the fixtures and lightbulbs, maybe $10 for the hooks and grommets (had the sheet). The camera was about $500, but I bought it for other reasons. It is an investment in time. I am NOT distributing these and I own multiple copies. One advantage, I took pictures of the ones with my notes in the margin and linked each page of the clean version with it's annotated version. I've also put the 3 textbooks that I wrote on Mobi and freely offer the copies to students (after they've bought a copy) in class. I just note it on the copyright page of their copy. Yep, I destroy the books, so far I've been keeping the copyright pages, pages 16, 99, and the cover. Just to prove that I "own" a legal copy.