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About the Scans |
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The web address of each individual picture is that book's edition number. On most browsers, when you pass your cursor over the thumbnail, the address associated with the link (usually at the bottom of your screen) will show that address. So, if you see something like: http://www.bantam.bookscans.com/images/bantam0724.jpg that's the image for Bantam #724.
ABOUT MY SCANS
The pictures I add to the collection are scanned at 300 dots per inch, reduced to a scale of 250 pixels across the top (horizontally), and saved as high-quality JPGs. This makes the picture about 385 pixels tall for "standard sized" books such as Pocket Books and Dells, and about 425 pixels tall for Signet or Gold Medal size books. On higher resolution screens, this may make the resultant picture appear a bit small. My goal was to have the entire book visible on a computer screen without "scrolling down." At that resolution and size, the scans are generally about 25kb each. I used to ask that contributors keep their scans under 50 kb each, but I now place no limits at all on contributed scans. I've discovered freeware programs that will batch resize images, and also gives me the ability to change the number of pixels and overall quality. I feel obligated to tell contributors that if their scans run over 50kb, they will most probably be altered for reasons of space. The resultant degradation in quality should be slight. Please see my page about Submitting Your Scans.
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