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| - | ====== The BookLiberator Project ====== | + | {{:bookliberator-logo-banner-440x105.png}} |
| - | This is the home page and the documentation wiki of BookLiberator. | + | This is the home page and the documentation wiki of the BookLiberator project. We also have a [[http://bookliberator.com/blog|blog]] that contains all the latest BookLiberator news, including information on when kits will be ready for sale. |
| BookLiberator is a set of free software and hardware to digitize books: it lets you photograph all the pages in a book without harming the book. The resulting images can be processed with free, open source software to make user-friendly files in a variety of formats. | BookLiberator is a set of free software and hardware to digitize books: it lets you photograph all the pages in a book without harming the book. The resulting images can be processed with free, open source software to make user-friendly files in a variety of formats. | ||
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| - | //Note: this project recently changed its name to "BookLiberator" (from "Bkrpr"). We're still updating old links, file names, etc. Please be patient, and feel free to make a name update yourself wherever you're able to.// | + | |
| From book to ebook, it is BookLiberator's goal to make every step as simple as possible. | From book to ebook, it is BookLiberator's goal to make every step as simple as possible. | ||
| - | We have [[Download|download instructions]] for the BookLiberator software. The [[HardwarePlans]] continue to go up, with additional building instructions available in our [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bkrpr/|flickr stream]] and specific HowTo information over [[http://www.instructables.com/id/Assembling_the_camera_mount_for_bkrprorgs_book_r/|on instructables]]. | + | We're planning to have an easy-to-assemble kit for sale soon, at around $120 US (without cameras, since so many customers will already have consumer-grade digital cameras), plus appx another $200 if you need the cameras. |
| - | You can keep up with the latest BookLiberator news on [[http://bookliberator.com/blog|our blog]] or via [[http://bookliberator.com/blog/?feed=rss2|RSS]]. Alternatively, you can read or join our [[http://groups.google.com/group/bkrpr|google group]] and follow along with the discussion of everything we're doing here. | + | In the meantime, there are do-it-yourself building instructions available at [[HardwarePlans]] and in our [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bkrpr/|flickr stream]], and specific HowTo information over [[http://www.instructables.com/id/Assembling_the_camera_mount_for_bkrprorgs_book_r/|on instructables]]. The software is all open source. We're working with the [[http://decapod-project.org|Decapod]] archival scanner project to ensure that their software is BookLiberator-compatible, and we also have some custom-written [[http://launchpad.net/bookliberator|software]]. We'll update this space as we test and as the software progresses. |
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| + | ===== Blog ===== | ||
| + | The BookLiberator has a [[http://bookliberator.com/blog|blog]] (and an [[http://bookliberator.com/blog/?feed=rss2|RSS feed]]). It's the best way to keep up with the latest BookLiberator news. Alternatively, you can read or join our [[http://groups.google.com/group/bkrpr|google group]] and follow along with the discussion of everything we're doing here. | ||
| ===== Help and Documentation ===== | ===== Help and Documentation ===== | ||
| We're putting together [[help]] for the software and we've started a [[FAQ]]. Check out the [[http://bookliberator.com/doku.php?do=index&id=start|index]] at the bottom of the page for more documentation related pages. | We're putting together [[help]] for the software and we've started a [[FAQ]]. Check out the [[http://bookliberator.com/doku.php?do=index&id=start|index]] at the bottom of the page for more documentation related pages. | ||
| - | There are now [[screenshots]] of the software and actual [[results]] pictures so you can judge quality for yourself. | + | We also have [[PressClippings]], which are documentation of a different sort. |
| ===== Get Involved ===== | ===== Get Involved ===== | ||
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| View a video of the BookLiberator in action here: | View a video of the BookLiberator in action here: | ||
| - | {{ youtube>large:yjRKeHPRa2k }} | + | {{ youtube>large:XNfQb0NZjWY }} |
| - | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjRKeHPRa2k | + | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfQb0NZjWY |
| Other demonstration materials can be found at [[DemoMaterials]] | Other demonstration materials can be found at [[DemoMaterials]] | ||
| + | ===== Partners ===== | ||
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| + | //The BookLiberator project receives support from [[http://questioncopyright.org/bookliberator|QuestionCopyright.org]].// | ||
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| + | The BookLiberator logo was designed by Winnie Fung. | ||