Is there an affordable way to digitize a book?
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you need a scanner and ocr software. MIKE
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take it to a shop that repairs books
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There are somany freewares available. Search for pdf converter in google\n\nhttp://www.gold-software.com/download5619.html\nhttp://www.softpile.com/Business/Text_Utilities/Review_20422_index.html
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Above is a good Idea. But if you're a Professional you will wanna use a software. I recommend 'Snag It' its pretty kool. you can do much more than just saving pages. aLot more
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www.gutenberg.org \nand blackmask.com \nhave thousands of free legal ebooks, but most are classics etc.
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Even if you can, please dont do this. The books are now available through http://www.amazon.com for quite low prices and are sold in bundles. The paperback editions are much cheaper as well. Please avoid piracy.\n\nhttp://insideram.blogspot.com/2005/07/stop-potter-piracy.html
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I dont know about the re binding of the book, but scanning it seems to be your only option. Once you've got it scanned, print out the scanned pages and put them in a 3 ring binder. That way it'll lay flat on the piano, and you dont wear out the old hymnal.
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Used book stores, or www.Amazon.com
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This is the problem with ebooks that actual books don't have. You won't be able to open it from your PC because the license is tied to your friend's machine.
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you can get it from book shops ;-(
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Look for an option that says "Printer friendly version". You're not going to get a copy unless you choose this.
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Try looking at amazonbooks
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Try PDFCreator. Charge..no way..its free and i bet you will like it...Its exactly as what you asked for..not too many frills but does a decent job of the conversion..\nLong live Open Source.
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use FineReader Professional 8.0 Edition\nor PDF Transformer\nhttp://www.abbyy.com
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http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm\n\noh...I missed the "FREE" part..\n\nI dont think thru any public domain is possible..\n\nI do not promote piracy, but as i am sure someone will advise..I will say..\nTRY a P2P program
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better - go to Amazon.com\nThey have images of most books.
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for a free way to do it, you could copy/paste the text into something that will export as a pdf (like OpenOffice) and just edit it there. The pdf reader that comes with windows wont edit text. *sigh*