Book to Sony reader format?

fishcube · 10-15-2007, 02:36 PM

I've got some non-fiction books (paperback) I would like to convert to ebook format for reading on the Sony Reader.

How do I go about doing this? Can I take a book and have the spine taken off and have it copied to a memory card/CD? and then convert from there?

or can I take pictures with a camera of each page? What the best method?

RSaunders · 10-16-2007, 09:27 AM

It's been often discussed in the forums. For example, see:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14649

While parts of the process involve power tools, essentially the key component is a scanner with sheet feeder and good OCR software. Plug the result into Book Designer and you're good to go.

10-15-2007, 02:36 PM	#1
fishcube Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 27 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Archos 5	Book to Sony reader format? I've got some non-fiction books (paperback) I would like to convert to ebook format for reading on the Sony Reader. How do I go about doing this? Can I take a book and have the spine taken off and have it copied to a memory card/CD? and then convert from there? or can I take pictures with a camera of each page? What the best method?

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10-16-2007, 09:27 AM	#2
RSaunders Groupie Posts: 162 Karma: 2054 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	It's been often discussed in the forums. For example, see: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14649 While parts of the process involve power tools, essentially the key component is a scanner with sheet feeder and good OCR software. Plug the result into Book Designer and you're good to go.

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