How to convert physical books to any ebook format? - Page 2

HarryT · 02-13-2013, 09:28 AM

Perhaps best to scan initially to an image PDF, then OCR from that, rather than OCR directly from the scan. That way, you'll have the PDF to proof against at a later date.

steven522 · 02-13-2013, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

So you have to ask yourself, is it better just to buy the ones you really want? And then only convert those which are, for some reason, unavailable in digital format yet.

Exactly. There is no need to do a scan/convert/proof/assemble on a book that already exists as an ebook. Way better to just go ahead and purchase it (or download a good copy if it is PD) than to spend a lot of time trying to do it yourself.

I have been doing this for a lot of older paperbacks that have never made it to an electronic format. Mainly, because I lost a really good collection of paper books some time back and wished I had spent a little time at least making the initial scan and clean. Some of those are still lost and I have found neither paper nor ebook versions to replace them.

HarryT · 02-13-2013, 09:35 AM

If you value your time at all highly, a service like "1dollarscan" is going to be more economical then scanning books yourself. Be warned, though, that it is a destructive scanning process, so you won't get your paper books back again.

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02-13-2013, 09:28 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	Perhaps best to scan initially to an image PDF, then OCR from that, rather than OCR directly from the scan. That way, you'll have the PDF to proof against at a later date.

02-13-2013, 09:35 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	If you value your time at all highly, a service like "1dollarscan" is going to be more economical then scanning books yourself. Be warned, though, that it is a destructive scanning process, so you won't get your paper books back again.

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