[WalterBright]

I should add that I buy paperbacks regularly, often paying more for them than the ebook. I then run 'em through the scanner and read the scanned book on my tablet. I just like the imperfect look of a scanned paperback page than the perfect ebooks. I also like the paperback formatting better than the auto-flow ebook layouts.

I figure I get the best of ebook and hardcopy this way!

[state]

This is delightfully insane.

[WalterBright]

I like disco music, too.

[justinpombrio]

Plus then you own the scan and don't have to worry about DRM.

> I then run 'em through the scanner

Does that take a long time? Do you have a setup to make it faster than scanning page by page?

[WalterBright]

It takes about 5-10 minutes for a typical paperback. A fat one might take 20 minutes tops. I am a fidgety person and cannot sit still, so I keep my hands busy and scan a book while I watch the news on TV. I use a stack slicer and a Fujitsu duplex scanner.

[MatthewWilkes]

Is that legal in many jurisdictions? Format switching for music seems to go back and forth, I imagine this would be covered by the same rules.