[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
- From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:50:50 -0700
Hey Evan,
I would certainly be an exclusive mass market guy if that was an option.
However, many books are never published in a pocket book format, so if I
want to read them and/or get them on Bookshare, trade paperbacks or
hardcovers are often the only option.
I've purchased both new and used mass market paperbacks, and I've never
found more than the occasional scanning problem, but really nothing more
than a few pages which would have junk characters at the end of lines, and
those would quickly disappear after 6 or 8 pages.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
Well, if you are getting good scans from mass-market paperbacks, why spend
money for the trades if you don't have to? I have gotten a scan or two
that was pretty good with a mass-market paperback, but those were ones
that I bought new. I have tried some I bought used though, and they were
not so good. I haven't done any on K1000, yet, but with OSCAR and
OpenBook, my general experience was that the mass-market ones did not come
out as well as the trade versions or as well as hardcovers. But as I
said, those were mostly used, and I have heard that the cheap paperbacks
yellow as they age, which causes the print-quality to deteriorate. I
think it has to do with not being printed on acid-free paper or something.
Besides, the last two hardcovers I got from Amazon resellers, the prices
for the books were less than it cost to ship them - about six dollars in
total for each. These were both books that came out earlier this year.
So if I can get hardcovers at that price, I am going to buy them. On the
other side, one good thing about paperbacks of all kinds is that you can
get them totally flat; whereas with hardcovers, no matter how hard I try,
I cannot seem to get them totally flat against the glass. After scanning
three so far with K1000, and having the junk character issue I mentioned,
I may consider paperbacks for future purchases, even with some of the
excellent prices on hardcovers I have been getting lately.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
Hi Evan,
Yeah, the consensus seems to be that buying the trade editions new is the
wiser purchase. I'll definitely keep that in mind. Curious though about
one thing you said. When you say that the trades are of a higher quality,
does that translate to when you scan the book, or are you strictly
talking about the quality of the paper? Because, for the most part, the
mass market books I've scanned have come out near perfect without any
effort on my part to tweak scanning settings.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning trade paperbacks
Scott, I have bought trade paperbacks new, but not used. I haven't
encountered the spine shattering experience you mentioned. But I can
see that older ones might do that if the glue dries out. I prefer
buying them new trade paperbacks instead of mass-market paperbacks
because they are of higher-quality than mass-market paperbacks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 8:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanning trade paperbacks
Hey everyone,
Hope you've all enjoyed a restful Labor Day weekend so far. I want to
know people's experiences scanning trade paperbacks. Just in case you
aren't familiar with the term, these are the larger and more expensive
paperbacks. About a year and a half ago, when I was just really getting
into scanning for Bookshare, I purchased a paperback off Amazon. I did
this not knowing one paperback from another, just assuming that I would
have more luck with one of these than a hardcover book, and also of
course not wanting to pay the extra bucks for a hardbound book. Well,
when the novel arrived on my doorstep, I found that when opened, and
with spine bent back, the book was too large for my scanner. Since I
hate the idea of scanning one page at a time when I can use my scanning
software to conquer two at a pop, the book has sat untouched all this
time. I should send it to Bookshare, but my abilities of
procrastination are often legendary.
Now, yesterday I was in a used bookstore and found a trade paperback
that looked smaller than my first attempt. Excitedly, I took it home,
and wanting to confirm my guess, I began to bend the book back. The
spine promptly broke. Yes, broke. The book is literally in two pieces
now, and I think that keeping it together enough for scanning might be
tedious. Yes, I know this all sounds picky, but I've been spoiled by
the mass market paperbacks. They can be bent open enough so you don't
even have to hold the book down on the scanner, and they are never too
big.
So, I suppose the questions I'm leading up to are: Do you all tend to
use the trade paperbacks? Are my experiences unique, or is this fairly
typical? Being able to scan the trades would open up a lot more
possibilities for scannning. If you scan the trades, how do you flatten
out the book without shattering the spine? Or again, was that
occurrence more singular than common?
Thanks,
Scott
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