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Kino · 05-30-2009, 05:13 AM

Hi,

I have many hard- and paperback books in my collection and quite a few are showing signs of tanning and wear & tear.

I would like to convert these to an electronic format and be able to read them on the CyBook.

I have just purchased a book scanner (OpticBook 3600) but my initial results are rather disappointing...

The scanner output (jpg or tif) is not much better than any other scanner but it does have the advantage of auto-rotating the scanned images for odd & even pages.

A one-page scan as a jpg image results in a file 280 - 350 kB in size (this will obviously vary depending on the size of the book).

The OCR software I have tried is too labour-intensive, it has to be proof-read line by line.

Has anybody successfully created an ebook using a scanner such as the above? If so, would they care to share their knowledge?

If I have to create a jpg image of each page is there a way to combine them into a book (other than pasting into a document)?

Thanks for your help.

05-30-2009, 05:13 AM	#1
Kino Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2009 Device: CyBook	Backing up\converting hard copy to eBook Hi, I have many hard- and paperback books in my collection and quite a few are showing signs of tanning and wear & tear. I would like to convert these to an electronic format and be able to read them on the CyBook. I have just purchased a book scanner (OpticBook 3600) but my initial results are rather disappointing... The scanner output (jpg or tif) is not much better than any other scanner but it does have the advantage of auto-rotating the scanned images for odd & even pages. A one-page scan as a jpg image results in a file 280 - 350 kB in size (this will obviously vary depending on the size of the book). The OCR software I have tried is too labour-intensive, it has to be proof-read line by line. Has anybody successfully created an ebook using a scanner such as the above? If so, would they care to share their knowledge? If I have to create a jpg image of each page is there a way to combine them into a book (other than pasting into a document)? Thanks for your help.