OCR on ebooks PLEASE HELP with advice

coolestair1 · 01-29-2011, 12:18 AM

I love reading books, and reading books on PCs, iphones and ipads, mainly factual books on personal development and things like that

I have read hundreds of books, and I am new to electronic reading

Just recently bought an ipad

Can someone help with the following questions

I want to convert the books into a Word document, edit them and then save it as a pdf for later reading. And have them on my PC and ipad, when i feel like reading them?

The reason for this, is that the books I like to read are factual development books, and most books I only want parts of it, because the whole book doesnt apply to me. And so that I can have easy access to the stuff they teach and not have to troll through parts that I am not interested in

Does anyone know how I can do this, and where I should buy ebooks from, and so I can just cut, copy and paste the bits i am interested in for further reading later on??

Please help as I am new to this.

Examples of books I read include are Brian Tracey, advanced selling strategies, Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people

You guessed I am in a sales job, so I want quick access to tips in sales books, and not have to read the whole book?

Cheers in advance for your help?

Coolestair

coolestair1 · 01-29-2011, 12:24 AM

Also if anyone wants to do it for me for alot of books, i would gladly pay them per book

pholy · 01-29-2011, 10:12 AM

You haven't mentioned where you are from, Coolestair, but it seems to be well-established that format shifting other than for personal use is a copyright violation almost everywhere, so you'll end up doing it yourself. The MR wiki (see the very top of page) has quite a bit of useful information; it's where most of us got our start on creating ebooks. I think you will find that using Word and pdf format is not the recommended route. You will also find that proofreading OCR output is either a labour of love or very expensive.

coolestair1 · 01-30-2011, 04:29 PM

thank you for your post

it is for personal use and personal reference

can it be done?

pholy · 01-30-2011, 06:56 PM

If you do it yourself, and keep it to yourself, who else will ever find out? Scanning the books, doing the OCR, and creating html files is not hard, but the proofreading takes (quite) a while. If you create pdf files instead, the readers aren't big enough to read them easily (usually). It's a difficult trade-off.

01-29-2011, 12:18 AM	#1
coolestair1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: ipad, iphone, pc	OCR on ebooks PLEASE HELP with advice I love reading books, and reading books on PCs, iphones and ipads, mainly factual books on personal development and things like that I have read hundreds of books, and I am new to electronic reading Just recently bought an ipad Can someone help with the following questions I want to convert the books into a Word document, edit them and then save it as a pdf for later reading. And have them on my PC and ipad, when i feel like reading them? The reason for this, is that the books I like to read are factual development books, and most books I only want parts of it, because the whole book doesnt apply to me. And so that I can have easy access to the stuff they teach and not have to troll through parts that I am not interested in Does anyone know how I can do this, and where I should buy ebooks from, and so I can just cut, copy and paste the bits i am interested in for further reading later on?? Please help as I am new to this. Examples of books I read include are Brian Tracey, advanced selling strategies, Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people You guessed I am in a sales job, so I want quick access to tips in sales books, and not have to read the whole book? Cheers in advance for your help? Coolestair

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01-29-2011, 12:24 AM	#2
coolestair1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: ipad, iphone, pc	Also if anyone wants to do it for me for alot of books, i would gladly pay them per book

01-29-2011, 10:12 AM	#3
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	You haven't mentioned where you are from, Coolestair, but it seems to be well-established that format shifting other than for personal use is a copyright violation almost everywhere, so you'll end up doing it yourself. The MR wiki (see the very top of page) has quite a bit of useful information; it's where most of us got our start on creating ebooks. I think you will find that using Word and pdf format is not the recommended route. You will also find that proofreading OCR output is either a labour of love or very expensive.

01-30-2011, 04:29 PM	#4
coolestair1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: ipad, iphone, pc	thank you for your post it is for personal use and personal reference can it be done?

01-30-2011, 06:56 PM	#5
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	If you do it yourself, and keep it to yourself, who else will ever find out? Scanning the books, doing the OCR, and creating html files is not hard, but the proofreading takes (quite) a while. If you create pdf files instead, the readers aren't big enough to read them easily (usually). It's a difficult trade-off.

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