@AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 1 year agoAt the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand.files.catbox.moemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down10
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minus-square@BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoWhy not run the spine through a table saw and just use a regular document feeder?
minus-square@aeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink36•1 year agoI think they actually want to keep the book.
minus-square@SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink23•1 year agoSometimes books are valuable so cutting them into bits so they can go on the Internets faster isn’t feasible.
minus-square@nonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•1 year agoIn 10 years you can just reprint the book by molecule so why bother
Why not run the spine through a table saw and just use a regular document feeder?
I think they actually want to keep the book.
Sometimes books are valuable so cutting them into bits so they can go on the Internets faster isn’t feasible.
In 10 years you can just reprint the book by molecule so why bother