Thread: 1dollarscan - are the extras worth it?
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Old 12-22-2012, 07:14 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by joehunt View Post
The only scanning extra I pay for is OCR (so the PDF is searchable) and I have never encountered any problems, including with graphics.

I buy very cheap out of print books (which I'm sure are terribly yellowed) from Amazon and have them sent directly to 1dollarscan (paying for Amazon direct of course), so I never know what the original book looked like. All PDF's I've been sent from 1dollarscan are perfectly readable and easy to put through Abbyy Finereader.
I know it depends on the number of pages, but how much does a book usually run you with shipping and any additional fees?


Also, why do you run the books through Abby FR if you already have them do the OCR on the files?

Also, in the file you receive from them, do the pages of the books include the page numbers and book/chapter titles on every page, which you'll need to remove before converting to mobi/ePub?
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