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DIY ebook

Make ebook

  1. Scan the book in odd and even batches. This is more efficient compared to scanning the book double-sided.
  2. Or take pictures of the book and then convert to pdf with ScanTailor Advanced program.
  3. pdftk A=forward.pdf B=reverse.pdf shuffle A Bend-1 output collated_pages.pdf
  4. Or pdftk A=forward.pdf B=reverse.pdf shuffle A B output collated_pages.pdf (if reverse book is in right order)
  5. Use OCR program to generate bookmark textfile separated with tab, arranged similar to markdown format.
  6. Insert bookmarks with PdgCntEditor.