What do you do if you can't find the book you want on Sony Connect? - Page 2

HarryT · 10-09-2007, 02:58 AM

... or (shock, horror!) you could always just read it on paper

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The Alternative · 10-09-2007, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by RWood

I don't do all of it in BD. I do the first part, converting PDB to either RTF or HTML in ABC Amber Palm Converter. It is free from Process Text Group. You can then edit this file before loading into BD or just load it straight into BD. (I do as much editing as I can before I load to BD.) I hope this helps.

Thanks for the tip... I'll try it!

RSaunders · 10-09-2007, 02:17 PM

I've gone the tidixon route, but I prefer conversion to text with Abbyy Fine Reader. That is software that turns your loose-leaf book back into word processor text. A paper cutter is probably safer than a saw, but I've used the old band saw.

Folks have used OCR on screen scrapings to read Adobe DRM books, but the Fictionwise .LIT path is the quickest approach. It may be a crime, depending on where you live, but it seems really hard to prosecute.

vivaldirules · 10-09-2007, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by tidixon

buy it used on amazon -> convert to loose leaf using circular saw -> convert to pdf via scanner w/ adf -> pdflrf.99

This is serious stuff, your talking! I know it would be nice to replace pbooks with ebooks but to have to go to this effort? I think I'd rather be castrated with a dull soup spoon than to suffer this level of aggravation! It must take days just to do one book.

NatCh · 10-09-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

It must take days just to do one book.

Not really, if you have a scanner with an duplex (both sides) auto-sheet feeder, your scanning is pretty quick. If you've got a good OCR app, then it's mostly a matter of proofing the results -- and you're planning to read the book anyway, right? Just keep notes.

That being said, I've heard that Fedex-Kinkos will un-bind books for you, no circular saw involved.

I do love it when power tools come up on the forum, but the one that made me laugh the most was the blow-torch reference.

vivaldirules · 10-09-2007, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

I do love it when power tools come up on the forum, but the one that made me laugh the most was the blow-torch reference.

Blowtorch?! Is that to destroy the evidence when you're done? Perhaps ritual book burning?

I wonder what a nazi ebook burning might have looked like.

NatCh · 10-09-2007, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Blowtorch?! Is that to destroy the evidence when you're done? Perhaps ritual book burning?

Naw, it came up in a discussion of working with Lexan and plexi-glass -- specifically how to "finish" the edges after a cut. But I laughed for about two solid minutes over it at the time.

UncleDuke · 10-09-2007, 04:19 PM

the only power tool i use is my visa card, when a book i want is not available here for download i whip out my trusty visa and head to the local used book store

vivaldirules · 10-09-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleDuke

the only power tool i use is my visa card, when a book i want is not available here for download i whip out my trusty visa and head to the local used book store

Yes, but the relevant question is do you read it then or do you digitize it first using whatever tools (power or otherwise) available?

JSWolf · 10-10-2007, 02:24 PM

What I do is if I can find the book I want in a format I can convert, I do so.

CCDMan · 10-14-2007, 07:25 PM

Find something else to read. They don't get my business if they don't comply with my needs.

Greymage · 10-14-2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

... or (shock, horror!) you could always just read it on paper

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I hate paper books. They take up so much space, degrade over time, and are a fire hazard. The last time I moved it was a nightmare getting rid of the 3000 paperbacks I'd accumulated over time.

Luckily for me I mostly read science fiction, and Baen books is pretty smart, they sell content without DRM at reasonable prices (I'll never buy a DRMed book again, after I lost access to a protected Freakonomics book for some unknown reason). Between webscription (and Gutenberg for classics) I can survive on ebooks alone!

fishcube · 10-16-2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Not really, if you have a scanner with an duplex (both sides) auto-sheet feeder, your scanning is pretty quick. If you've got a good OCR app, then it's mostly a matter of proofing the results -- and you're planning to read the book anyway, right? Just keep notes.

That being said, I've heard that Fedex-Kinkos will un-bind books for you, no circular saw involved.

I do love it when power tools come up on the forum, but the one that made me laugh the most was the blow-torch reference.

Is there a business that will do the scanning to a CD, then can I use BookDesigner to make it into a format to use on a Sony Reader?

I take it if Staples will spiral bound something that I can take a book in to just have the spine cut off ??

HarryT · 10-16-2007, 01:04 PM

Any "office" type store (like Staples) will slice the spine off a book and spiral/comb bind it for you. Very cheap to do.

fishcube · 10-16-2007, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Any "office" type store (like Staples) will slice the spine off a book and spiral/comb bind it for you. Very cheap to do.

Yes, that's what I said below, but I don't want it spiral bound. I just wanted spine taken off so I can scan the pages. Now I need to figure out how to scan pages...

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10-09-2007, 02:58 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	... or (shock, horror!) you could always just read it on paper .

10-09-2007, 02:17 PM	#18
RSaunders Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 2054 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	I've gone the tidixon route, but I prefer conversion to text with Abbyy Fine Reader. That is software that turns your loose-leaf book back into word processor text. A paper cutter is probably safer than a saw, but I've used the old band saw. Folks have used OCR on screen scrapings to read Adobe DRM books, but the Fictionwise .LIT path is the quickest approach. It may be a crime, depending on where you live, but it seems really hard to prosecute.

10-09-2007, 04:19 PM	#23
UncleDuke books & doughnuts Posts: 882 Karma: 37857 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: usa Device: sony reader, kindle2	the only power tool i use is my visa card, when a book i want is not available here for download i whip out my trusty visa and head to the local used book store

10-10-2007, 02:24 PM	#25
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,566 Karma: 145863177 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	What I do is if I can find the book I want in a format I can convert, I do so.

10-14-2007, 07:25 PM	#26
CCDMan *** Posts: 335 Karma: 5759 Join Date: Mar 2006 Device: ***	Find something else to read. They don't get my business if they don't comply with my needs.

10-16-2007, 01:04 PM	#29
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Any "office" type store (like Staples) will slice the spine off a book and spiral/comb bind it for you. Very cheap to do.

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