1dolaryscan & epub?

Ncage1974 · 08-14-2015, 08:55 PM

I have quite a few i'd like to convert to ebooks. As you know, unfortunately, there are just some books that aren't available in ebooks. Honestly i don't want any paper books anymore. My biggest concern is that i want to be able to read my ebooks on every device. Sure the pdf they send me might look fine on my ipad but will they look ok on my iphone or other devices. I much prefer epub.

I started trying to do it myself with a fujitsu scansnap but it was just do dang messy and time consuming. I used my sliding miter saw and the dust it would throw out was amazing. All that dust was going into my scansnap when i scanned the pages (and since they aren't cheap) i don't want to do that anymore

Unless someone can give me other options i plan to use 1dollarscan. Should i just invest in a copy of Abby FineReader? Will Abby Finereader do a fine job in most cases without manual editing? Hopefully the quality of 1dollarscan is great without the "upgrades".

Cinisajoy · 08-14-2015, 09:25 PM

Question.
You said you were using your miter saw. Do you own a hose vacuum cleaner? That might help with the dust.

The only problem I see with 1 dollarscan would be the expense to mail them all your books.

Ncage1974 · 08-14-2015, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Question.
You said you were using your miter saw. Do you own a hose vacuum cleaner? That might help with the dust.

The only problem I see with 1 dollarscan would be the expense to mail them all your books.

It wasn't only the dust problem though. It was just a huge pain. I'd prefer to pay if they are going to do a good job. I was planning to get on their "plantinum lite" Membership and gradually send them all my books with media mail. I don't need all them converted tomorrow just eventually.

Cinisajoy · 08-14-2015, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ncage1974

It wasn't only the dust problem though. It was just a huge pain. I'd prefer to pay if they are going to do a good job. I was planning to get on their "plantinum lite" Membership and gradually send them all my books with media mail. I don't need all them converted tomorrow just eventually.

I scanned a 47 page "book" so I get the pain.
Good luck.

Turtle91 · 08-15-2015, 11:17 AM

How many books are we talking about here?? If it's just a few then dollarscan is your best bet. However, if you have a bunch - or you like building-type hobbies, then it might be worth your time to build your own scanner using inexpensive cameras. You can get up to 700-ish pages per hour scanned without damaging your book!!

Check out the DIYBookscanner website. They have several different types of scanners people have built - from very basic to very industrial. They also have free software that cleans up your images and can save them in multiple formats. That doesn't mean you won't have some manual editing to do - but it certainly would not be MORE than you would have to do with a dollarscan product.

Cheers,

harriska2 · 08-17-2015, 10:58 AM

I use a COME paper cutter (19" - $300 ebay) and try to avoid cutting staples in the books. I have a sort of spendy scanner, a canon dr 9080c ($3000 used, ebay) and have learned to scan sideways so that the cut end feeds last, that way the pages all look good. I use ABBYY 11 ($189) to turn every other page and it all looks pretty nifty. Putting it into epub is not easy. Technically, you need to touch every page. Forgetaboutit if you are scanning textbooks, scanning software isn't smart enough to know where side boxes and images are and what order to splice text together. But regular paperbacks are easy enough (with some errors depending on font and print quality). It can take a few hours to compare the scanned version of a book to the OCR'd version in order to do proofing on a simple paperback. It can take up to 20 hours to do a textbook.

08-14-2015, 08:55 PM	#1
Ncage1974 Member Posts: 16 Karma: 2898580 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	1dolaryscan & epub? I have quite a few i'd like to convert to ebooks. As you know, unfortunately, there are just some books that aren't available in ebooks. Honestly i don't want any paper books anymore. My biggest concern is that i want to be able to read my ebooks on every device. Sure the pdf they send me might look fine on my ipad but will they look ok on my iphone or other devices. I much prefer epub. I started trying to do it myself with a fujitsu scansnap but it was just do dang messy and time consuming. I used my sliding miter saw and the dust it would throw out was amazing. All that dust was going into my scansnap when i scanned the pages (and since they aren't cheap) i don't want to do that anymore Unless someone can give me other options i plan to use 1dollarscan. Should i just invest in a copy of Abby FineReader? Will Abby Finereader do a fine job in most cases without manual editing? Hopefully the quality of 1dollarscan is great without the "upgrades".

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08-14-2015, 09:25 PM	#2
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	Question. You said you were using your miter saw. Do you own a hose vacuum cleaner? That might help with the dust. The only problem I see with 1 dollarscan would be the expense to mail them all your books.

08-15-2015, 11:17 AM	#5
Turtle91 A Hairy Wizard Posts: 3,347 Karma: 20171571 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Charleston, SC today Device: iPhone 15/11/X/6/iPad 1,2,Air & Air Pro/Surface Pro/Kindle PW & Fire	How many books are we talking about here?? If it's just a few then dollarscan is your best bet. However, if you have a bunch - or you like building-type hobbies, then it might be worth your time to build your own scanner using inexpensive cameras. You can get up to 700-ish pages per hour scanned without damaging your book!! Check out the DIYBookscanner website. They have several different types of scanners people have built - from very basic to very industrial. They also have free software that cleans up your images and can save them in multiple formats. That doesn't mean you won't have some manual editing to do - but it certainly would not be MORE than you would have to do with a dollarscan product. Cheers,

08-17-2015, 10:58 AM	#6
harriska2 Addict Posts: 272 Karma: 8000000 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Corvallis, OR Device: Kindle PW2, iPad Pro	I use a COME paper cutter (19" - $300 ebay) and try to avoid cutting staples in the books. I have a sort of spendy scanner, a canon dr 9080c ($3000 used, ebay) and have learned to scan sideways so that the cut end feeds last, that way the pages all look good. I use ABBYY 11 ($189) to turn every other page and it all looks pretty nifty. Putting it into epub is not easy. Technically, you need to touch every page. Forgetaboutit if you are scanning textbooks, scanning software isn't smart enough to know where side boxes and images are and what order to splice text together. But regular paperbacks are easy enough (with some errors depending on font and print quality). It can take a few hours to compare the scanned version of a book to the OCR'd version in order to do proofing on a simple paperback. It can take up to 20 hours to do a textbook.

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