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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Woah... old thread. I'm still of the same opinion as I was a few years ago, even more so with lower prices, Kobo codes, and much more availability.
Scanning, OCR-ing and proofreading is way too much work. If a book costs €7. If it even takes only an hour (and it will take MUCH longer), it's not worth it. Would you want to work for €7, gross? I wouldn't, if I can help it.
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There is really no need for proofreading, though, because every A5 format can be easily read on 6" reader in landscape if not in portraite.
Abbyy Finereader' ocr (pdf or epub) is pretty good for fiction (no need for 100% accuracy) and Abbyy' exact pdf image for scientific pdfs (100% accuracy).
So, in my case ocr-ed pdf is all it takes for reading, highlighting, scribbling, searching etc. thereon.
For an average 500 pages A5 book it takes me 1-1.5 hour for scanning (average flatbed scanner) and additional 1-1.5 hour for computer to create under 10 MB pdf using Acrobat' Clearscan ocr for exact pdf image.