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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Using barcodes to contain the entire book would be impractical. Most current barcode methods are only good for small numbers. A more practical solution would be to have the barcode have the ISDN, and just have it download the book when getting that.
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Barcoding the ISDN is a practical compromise, but there are 'scannable' options (not barcodes) that compress considerable data into a small area. I don't know enough about them to know whether or not they'd be suitable for encoding an entire book. I remember reading about them several years ago-I believe it was for faxing something that could be scanned into a computer? I remember that the example shown looked like a blotchy page rather than a diagram. I'll see if I can't Google it out, but don't know how much luck I'll have. If I find it then I'll post a link for others to consider the option.