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HarryT · 05-26-2016, 06:15 AM

6000 pages would certainly explain it, but I fear you underestimate the work required to edit such a mammoth work. If you paid someone the minimum wage to do it for you, it would cost you thousands of pounds. The best thing to do is to use a good OCR program (as I've already mentioned), convert it to ePub (for ease of editing) and then learn how to use an ePub editor, such as Calibre or Sigil.

However you do it, you have a huge job ahead of you. Certainly hundreds of hours of work. I've edited many (hundred) eBooks, and being able to do 10 pages an hour is fast, so 6000 pages is at least 600 hours work. A lot more, given the fact that I'm guessing you'd be starting the learning experience of how to edit a book from quite a low level of current knowledge.

Anyway, try the OCR, and see where it gets you. Do you have access to a good OCR program?

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	6000 pages would certainly explain it, but I fear you underestimate the work required to edit such a mammoth work. If you paid someone the minimum wage to do it for you, it would cost you thousands of pounds. The best thing to do is to use a good OCR program (as I've already mentioned), convert it to ePub (for ease of editing) and then learn how to use an ePub editor, such as Calibre or Sigil. However you do it, you have a huge job ahead of you. Certainly hundreds of hours of work. I've edited many (hundred) eBooks, and being able to do 10 pages an hour is fast, so 6000 pages is at least 600 hours work. A lot more, given the fact that I'm guessing you'd be starting the learning experience of how to edit a book from quite a low level of current knowledge. Anyway, try the OCR, and see where it gets you. Do you have access to a good OCR program? Last edited by HarryT; 05-26-2016 at 06:18 AM.