/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>14362329
No, I'm aware that there are good scanners that sell for ~100. I can't really recall, but I believe my own scanner was around 70 USD.
I just find it funny that the guy that (as far as I can tell) hasn't actually attempted to import anything, is suggesting that somebody else start a fundraiser for scanning doujinshi.

>>14362337
>But I guess you almost certainly want to debind those and feel uncertain about scanning without.
Ehhh... pardon?

>Personally I never debind and just scan them as they are, which works pretty well for and I barely have ones with art extending all the way to the middle.
The days of me debinding books is long, long past. Truly, the way to scan is as you say. RIP gutter shadows though. I've heard there are some special "edge" scanners that you can get that help, like http://plustek.com/usa/products/opticbook-series/ , but they're pretty expensive.

>>14362431
>You can sit on those books for all eternity if you like, but if you have no intention of sharing, you may as well not have them at all, makes absolutely no difference to me or anyone else.
>I'm only intersted in people who are willing to share with others and you're just a waste of time for me to even reply to.
Oh, your words are too kind Anon. Just the kind of person that I like giving free stuff to with no compensation for myself, what-so-ever.
I'm actually sitting on about 8 or 9 scanned doujinshi at the moment. I don't share because people tell/ask me to. I share if and when because I want to.
I have before, I will again. Probably. I mean, I did just last month.

>lol
What, you don't think they will?
Or are you laughing at the time-frame I gave you? Since there IS a delay between stuff getting released and stuff getting scanned, you know?

>Please share your secrets, senpai.
I actually just got a package delivered.
Can't remember specifics about what I ordered, but I'm sure there's some stuff from the recent events.
I'll get to this in detail after I've gone through the package.

>Sometimes just the cost of the book
The actual cost of the book, or the "cost" of the book?
Some people do this stuff for free, so it wouldn't surprise me if somebody would be more willing to scan something that they wanted to scan, especially if somebody is willing to pay for the base-cost of the item.
Just saying, they're actually pretty cheap to import.

>That actually works?
>Then why wouldn't they just put those on the DL store to begin with?
Yes! It actually works.
Now, in all the cases where I've asked/had artists upload a DL version: it was shortly after the event where the books that I wanted were released, and they didn't have physical stock in any store.
If you attempt to ask for an older title... theeeey might not have it anymore. Older data gets lost from time to time, as has happened to Itou Life and his Wriggle compilation book that he released (his oldest Wriggle books weren't included because the original data had been lost).
As for why they don't put a DL version up in the first place... I... actually have no clue. From the sound of the responses from the artists that I asked, it kinda seemed like they hadn't thought of it. Not sure though.

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