[sdiy] Old electronics magazines... to PDF.. by yourself

[Colin Hinz]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011, Mike Gorman wrote:

> I've used a more professional version of the type of scanner for work
> (scanning invoices and contracts) in the past and it was excellent. I plan
> on borrowing it when I sacrifice 8 years of old Practical Electronics for a
> complete scan.
>
> I like the look of this though:
>
> http://www.ionaudio.com/products/details/book-saver
>
> It has been a bit of vapourware so far, as it was announced early this year
> and still hasn't made it to market, but it would allow scanning of magazines
> without removing the bindings. If it doesn't materialise as a real product
> soon, I look at making one of my own - using a couple of digital cameras.

I imagine you already know about this project:

http://www.diybookscanner.org/

- Colin