[gutvol-d] Re: [ebook-community] Ask The eBook Community: Page Scans versus Real eText?

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Michael Ward wrote:

Jon, two major reasons to convert from page scans:

1. File size, text vs. jpeg. 2. Access to the -content- [semantics, meanings, words] a. Search b. Indexing c. Quoting d. Footnoting e. Links

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Let's not forget the following: 3. Changing the -content- a. Correcting typos and other errors b. Adding footnotes, comments, prefaces, intros, epilogues from other public domain sources; or your own. c. Machine Transltion d. Inserting missing lines, paragraphs, etc.