[bksvol-discuss] Re: Add to books being scanned list.

  • From: Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:41:14 -0700

When you finish it, I will be happy to proof it. I'll have to dig far into the back recesses of my bookcases, but I am pretty sure I still have a copy of the Running Man. When I went to Michigan State, Joan Hunter Holly lived nearby and I met her several times. Even back then when I had very little money, I liked to support writers that I knew and I still have copies of several of her books. Of course, it has been mumble-de-mumble years since then or even since I've read any of her books


For old paperbacks I scan in greyscale then increase the contrast (not brightness). Actually, what works best unfortunately uses a visual interface and is only a special feature of the software that comes with many Canon scanners. It shows you a graph of the proportion of a page that is each shade of gray. Old paperbacks will have most of the page as light gray. Then you can slide a line over the graph to cut off (i.e. tell the program to ignore) anything lighter than what shows up as that background color of most of the page. Increasing the contrast sort of does that, but not exactly.

Misha

Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
I am about to start scanning "The Running Man" by J. Hunter Holly. Hopefully I won't have to give it up like I did the last one I tried. It is another quite old mass market paperback and those often do not cooperate very well.


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