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View Poll Results: Got the urge to digitize?
I have never digitized any of my books. 26 60.47%
I have scanned or imaged just a few documents or book chapters. 6 13.95%
I have digitized a few of my books but not many - it's too much effort. 7 16.28%
I am determined to empty my shelves and spend my days and nights turning my books into electrons. 4 9.30%
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Old 12-06-2007, 08:00 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by vivaldirules View Post
But you say paperbacks are easily scanned. I don't see anything that's easily scanned. For me with my HP scanner, everything is a slow painful chore.
I feel your pain ... I do it the same way and was speaking somewhat theoretically; scanning black & white text is easier than scanning large color pages, and IF I had a sheet-fed scanner, it would be really fast. But no, right now it isn't.
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