Where to download high quality scans of photobooks free?

I've also wondered about any "underground" repository for such titles and many out-of-print (but cherished) copies . . .

Although a bit far from ideal - - -

Try https://josefchladek.com/
An effort on the site's owner's part and probably worth a couple doblóns . . .



I've also considered "digitizing" some of my own selects - but it's a hell of an undertaking because it'd all be a manual process of 60mm-ing and flat-laying the pages (as best one could - anyways) and then collating, converting to PDF, etc. A lot of work - but an interesting to-do for some day in the [not-too-soon] future . . .

So . . . yeah - - - if anyone is in a sharing frame of mind and knows of any central-ish sites performing such work - prey tell . . .

 

Warning: Thread Hijack in progress:

It turns out that book and magazine scanning Is something of its very own art form. The comic book preservationists have a lot of expertise, if you happen to know anyone in that community. One thing you'll want to get is a hi-def edge scanner. Otherwise you'll either have to destroy the book to get a quality scan or put up with the frustrating bowed page distortion effect. After that it's all about process -- rotate pages to vertical, crop, adjust whiteness levels, hand correct blemishes, package, and publish. An accomplished comic scanner, working from a clean source, can produce finished material at around a page a minute.

 

This sounds about right -

I've perused several CBR scans over on myanonamouse.net from series of my youth and the peeps doing the work present stellar end results; albeit the files are rather large - but nonetheless excellent. I've an old scanner too but I think it's only supported under Windows XP or NT - - - a project for a future date, perhaps. And thank you for the info - might be worth looking into with those who have the knowledge over on the Mouse - the general vibe is the members are very giving of their time (and knowledge) . . .

 

I don't think many of the actual scanners hang out on the Mouse. Most of them can be found in private comic hubs in the DC++ (Direct Connect) network. The stuff shared on the mouse is handled by the torrent distribution folks. Although, this may have changed some since the last time I was in contact with any of them. When and or if you are ready to start your project, reach out and I'll try to put you in touch.

 

Thanks - I didn't realize DC++ was still relevant - but makes total sense - obtained a lot of obscure music via hubs after Napster was hi-jacked "back in the day" . . . wow - that really brings back some memories . . .