AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agoAt the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand.files.catbox.moevideomessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1826
arrow-up1826videoAt the Internet Archive, this is how we digitize a book—one page at a time, by hand.files.catbox.moeAnActOfCreation@programming.dev to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareBeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoWhy not run the spine through a table saw and just use a regular document feeder?
minus-squareaeronmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 years agoI think they actually want to keep the book.
minus-squareSinningStromgald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·2 years agoSometimes books are valuable so cutting them into bits so they can go on the Internets faster isn’t feasible.
minus-squarenonailsleft@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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