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Originally Posted by Marcy
Sorry for hijacking the thread, but how long does it take you to do an entire paperback? How are you scanning?
The only way I see to do this with any speed is to take apart the book so the pages could be put through an ADF instead of having to turn the pages and flatten the book each time. Is that what you're doing or do you have an alternative?
Thanks,
Marcy
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It takes me about an hour to scan a hardcover book (typical size of around 250 pages) on a flatbed scanner. This is just an inexpensive, slow scanner by Canon, but it works very well. I just park the scanner and myself in front of the TV, set ABBYY to scan every 5-7 seconds, and just press down against the binding to flatten the double pages while it scans. That gives me enough time to turn the page and position the book and not be super rushed doing it.
The time pretty much flies if you're busy doing something else, so find a good TV show you're insterested in and you'll be done before you know it. I did my first book just standing there next to my computer and could barely stand doing 25 pages a day.