[JoHunt]

Originally Posted by BeccaPrice

oh, great - how do they deliver the scan, by email? I don't know if my emailer can handle files that size.

They advise by email when the file is ready. You log into your account and under "my orders" you'll find a link to download the book.

Originally Posted by xendula

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?

I usually pay a few pennies for the book, plus $3.99 shipping. The books I purchase range from 300-400 pages, so scanning normally costs $9 - $12 (including Amazon direct and OCR). I currently only average about 1 book a month, so to me the price is fair. If I wanted to digitize hundreds of books, I would look for a different solution.

I run them through Abbyy to convert the pdf to html, which makes conversion to epub/mobi very easy and clean. The pdf from 1dollarscan does include page numbers and book/chapter titles, but Abbyy removes them.

Originally Posted by jbcohen

Here is a question for all those 1dollar scan customer's - how do you get around the fact that shipping to the company will cost more than the scanning does? Do you send a lot of books at a time? Do they return the books after the scanning process?

The books are not returned - they are taken apart before scanning and destroyed afterwards.