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Originally Posted by legendsport
The scan idea is a great one, but I've spent so much money putting together my collection of guides that I don't think I'd have the intestinal fortitude to destroy them...
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Originally Posted by Splitter24
Yes. The day my Spalding, Reach and TSN Guides get hacked up is the day they spread my ashes.
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And I understand those thoughts completely.
Me, I'm ruthless if I get my teeth fully into an idea, so I'd probably go ahead and do what was necessary if I got fully committed into getting the stats into digital form.
As a general thought, it still may be possible to OCR scan the info straight out of the Guides — it all depends on how good your scanner and OCR software is, and in how much you're able to get the pages to lie flat on the scanner without seriously damaging the books.
I know I still need to do some tests on the gear I have to see if I can OCR scan the pages from the International League stats book I have.
The hand scanner idea mentioned by RchW may be worth investigating too.