Answers.Body: <p>I've done work for pgdp.net, which is Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreading. Here are the steps if you're not going through PGDP. </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I'm assuming you scanned each page into a separate image. You might want to put all these images into a PDF file. You will probably have to cut  the pages out of the book so they lay perfectly flat on the scanner. A scan of a curved page is a huge source of OCR errors. </li>
  <li>Use OCR to extract the text from the images and save book to a text file. Depending on the font, the smudges in the images, and other factors like straightness of lines of text, you might get 70-90% accuracy. </li>
  <li>Proofread by hand every word. </li>
  <li>Construct ebook in the format you want. I markup my text files with MultiMarkdown, and then I have a program which converts that to an EPUB. I just like MMD better than editing HTML. </li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Abbyy Finereader is one of the best OCR programs out there but pricey. <a href="https://finereaderonline.com/en-us" rel="nofollow">Here is a site</a> where you can OCR a few pages using their software, but there are limits.</p>
  
  <p>If you have a PDF full of images (which is what much of the free books in Google Books is) try doing OCR <a href="http://www.online-convert.com/" rel="nofollow">at this site</a>, again there may be limits to PDF file size you upload. </p>
  
  <p>All in all, proofreading is a very time-consuming task. </p>
  
  <p>EDIT: PGDP does not allow requests to digitize books. They have their own queue which they work on. However, <a href="http://www.captcha.net/" rel="nofollow">Captcha</a> is a way to crowd source digitizing books. They supposedly did many Google books, but I can't find that many there were actually edited. If you use Captcha to crowd source proofreading, it might cost you money. That depends if you use their service or if you are able to install the software yourself.</p>
  
  <p>I found the Captcha concept to be fascinating, and the author/inventor <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=en" rel="nofollow">even has a  TED talk</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I want to add upon a previous answer. I assume you have already digitalized your content (and proofread it). </p>
  
  <p>Your main goal is to arrive at an .epub file. There are many ways to reach that goal: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>use Adobe Indesign</li>
  <li>Write your own HTML and CSS (not really that hard if you have a template)</li>
  <li>Use a tool like Sigil</li>
  <li>Use Calibre (that implies that you have first created it in MS Word format)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>To my knowledge there are two ways to convert from .epub to .mobi Kindle file: </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Use Kindle previewer (now in Beta, but stable and reliable) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1003018611" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1003018611</a></li>
  <li>Use Calibre (powerful but have to be tweaked)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Actually now that I think of it, you probably could convert from MS Word to .mobi directly without having to first convert it to epub. </p>
  
  <p>The good thing about Kindle Previewer is that it gives you a reasonably accurate preview of how the kindle file would render. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a book that is not available in .mobi or .epub .<br>
  I want to convert it into ebook for Kindle.
  I scanned all the pages.<br>
  What else should I do next?</p>
  
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ThreadText: # After I scanned(destructive) book: What are the steps to create a proper kindle ebook?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-08)
  
  I have a book that is not available in .mobi or .epub .  
  I want to convert it into ebook for Kindle.
  I scanned all the pages.  
  What else should I do next?
  
  **Tags:** kindle
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-09. Score: 3
  
  I've done work for pgdp.net, which is Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreading. Here are the steps if you're not going through PGDP.
  
  * I'm assuming you scanned each page into a separate image. You might want to put all these images into a PDF file. You will probably have to cut the pages out of the book so they lay perfectly flat on the scanner. A scan of a curved page is a huge source of OCR errors.
  * Use OCR to extract the text from the images and save book to a text file. Depending on the font, the smudges in the images, and other factors like straightness of lines of text, you might get 70-90% accuracy.
  * Proofread by hand every word.
  * Construct ebook in the format you want. I markup my text files with MultiMarkdown, and then I have a program which converts that to an EPUB. I just like MMD better than editing HTML.
  
  Abbyy Finereader is one of the best OCR programs out there but pricey. [Here is a site](https://finereaderonline.com/en-us) where you can OCR a few pages using their software, but there are limits.
  
  If you have a PDF full of images (which is what much of the free books in Google Books is) try doing OCR [at this site](http://www.online-convert.com/), again there may be limits to PDF file size you upload.
  
  All in all, proofreading is a very time-consuming task.
  
  EDIT: PGDP does not allow requests to digitize books. They have their own queue which they work on. However, [Captcha](http://www.captcha.net/) is a way to crowd source digitizing books. They supposedly did many Google books, but I can't find that many there were actually edited. If you use Captcha to crowd source proofreading, it might cost you money. That depends if you use their service or if you are able to install the software yourself.
  
  I found the Captcha concept to be fascinating, and the author/inventor [even has a TED talk](https://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration?language=en).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: @username_0 Please use this site to ask username_1 for any clarification you need. The site doesn't have PMs. If you need clarification, just leave a comment here.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-05-21. Score: 0
  
  I want to add upon a previous answer. I assume you have already digitalized your content (and proofread it).
  
  Your main goal is to arrive at an .epub file. There are many ways to reach that goal:
  
  1. use Adobe Indesign
  2. Write your own HTML and CSS (not really that hard if you have a template)
  3. Use a tool like Sigil
  4. Use Calibre (that implies that you have first created it in MS Word format)
  
  To my knowledge there are two ways to convert from .epub to .mobi Kindle file:
  
  1. Use Kindle previewer (now in Beta, but stable and reliable) <http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1003018611>
  2. Use Calibre (powerful but have to be tweaked)
  
  Actually now that I think of it, you probably could convert from MS Word to .mobi directly without having to first convert it to epub.
  
  The good thing about Kindle Previewer is that it gives you a reasonably accurate preview of how the kindle file would render.
  
  
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