Actually, by doing some research on the darker side of the internet, I've found some people who scan/photograph books, use optical character recognition, and create eBooks. Apparently, there's a big underground following. Some of the server statistics show over 100,000 downloads of some books.
But those folks are always shifting, and would be hard to find... David P. Dillard wrote: >Scanning of books with a camera has been going on in libraries since the >advent of digital cameras and to a limited degree with regular cameras >before the advent of the digital camera. The drawback before the digital >camera was the cost and difficulty of processing film. Now with digital >cameras it is probably a widespread practice. > > >Sincerely, >David Dillard >Temple University >(215) 204 - 4584 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> ><http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> ><http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> ><http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> ><http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> >Digital Divide Network ><http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/jwne> > >==================================================== > >On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Taran Rampersad wrote: > > > >>You know, it's a matter of time before digital cells with cameras (or >>just plain cameras) are used to copy books out of libraries. Would that >>be a bad thing? :-) >> >>David P. Dillard wrote: >> >> >> >>>Cell phones are not just getting attention on campuses in general as per >>>your statement, but they have also been a major concern in libraries in >>>particular. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Taran Rampersad >>Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>http://www.knowprose.com >>http://www.easylum.net >>http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran >> >>Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com >> >>"Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo >> >> > > > > >>DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >>DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org >>http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list >DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org >http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide >To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE >in the body of the message. > > > > -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
