DIY Book Scanning

March 3, 2011 by kris de decker Filed Under: Books, DIY, Photography

Diy book scanner “Do-It-Yourself Book Scanning is using cheap, compact cameras and free software to scan books quickly and efficiently. DIY Book Scanners can be as simple as a camera and a piece of glass [PDF] or as involved as the Instructable that brought our community together [PDF / Vimeo]. We’ve come a long way since then. We have GPL-licensed laser cut designs, aluminum designs, and detailed instructions for beginners. We have built hundreds of scanners and freely shared thousands of design improvements.”

More at the DIY Book Scanning Community, a group of over 300 DIY’ers who believe that the future of digital books is too important to be decided solely by corporate interests. Related: DIY Book Binding & Kite Aerial Photography.

Dutch Book Bindings (12th – 21st Century)

February 27, 2010 by kris de decker Filed Under: Books

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Books bibliodyssey

Book bindings of the Royal National Library of The Netherlands. Via BibliOdyssey, where you can find a selection.

Digital Books and Your Rights

February 16, 2010 by kris de decker Filed Under: Books

A checklist for readers by the EFF. Previously: Second hand bits and bytes.

Why Paper Is Eternal

September 6, 2009 by kris de decker Filed Under: Books, Education, Paper, Quotes

“There are modes of learning and thinking that at the moment are only available from actual books. There is a kind of deep-dive, meditative reading that’s almost impossible to do on a screen. Without books, students are more likely to do the grazing or quick reading that screens enable, rather than be by themselves with the author’s ideas.” Read: Welcome to the library. Say goodbye to the books (via). See (and print…) also this 75-page essay: “Hamlet’s Blackberry: why paper is eternal“.

Bookbinding: a tutorial

May 5, 2009 by kris de decker Filed Under: Books, DIY

Bookbinding

Step-by-step instructions. More tutorials can be found here, here and here.