[0wis]

Oh I understand you ! I would have love to have design hints like that for one summer job I had. I was tasked to scan medical books with thousands of pages. I had little time constraints and could do it wherever I wanted. I was paid 80$ per book which I found crazy huge before starting. Even by optimizing every parameter of the hardware, software and my workspace, I couldn’t do more than a few 2-hour sessions per day and it took me several days per book. A boring job if there is one. I would certainly use it as a zen practice today but as a teenager, not really needing the money, I couldn’t find any value in it (after optimization).

[pbhjpbhj]

Books that aren't rare, ie aren't valuable as artefacts, you would surely cut off the spine and run through an automated scanner?

But then medical texts probably cost way more than $80. How much was your boss making from those scans? Were they taking account of copyright law?