[thelist] [the list] Newbie question

[Ron Thigpen]

You could:

1-Use OCR software on the scans, proof and correct the result.  At this point
you'll have a text file.  Follow with layout (HTML, PDF, etc.?).

2-Place the scans into Adobe Acrobat and use it's internal OCR-like feature

OCR is far from perfect and the proofing/correction phase can be somewhat
painful.

If such exists, every effort should be made to find an original electronic copy
of the text.  Was it produced on a word processor?  Does the publisher maintain
electronic copies for reprints?  If you can get your hands on this, you will
save a lot of eyestrain. 


There are some folks that do a lot of this < Project Gutenberg:
http://www.promo.net/pg/ >

--Ron Thigpen




Shawnie Wallace wrote:
> 
> Is there a place/site I can go to learn about building/writing
> e-books. Client wants to put her printed book on the net. It's been scanned
> but the files are huge (1+ Meg each), fortunatly it's a short book. What's
> the best way to do this?
> 
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