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  • Do you know an inexpensive method to scan a book and create pdf files that are searchable?

    I have a World War I book that I want to scan and post on a website in pdf format. The book contains about 140 pages consisting of a combination of pictures and text. I'd like the text to be searchable so it can be found by google.

    I'm looking for suggestions as to how to do this. I currently have Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 that I use to run the scanner on my HP Photosmart C5180 all-in-one. It imports the individual page scans, and I can save them in pdf format.

    I'm looking for suggestions as to how to merge the individual pdf's into one big pdf, and to have the text in the final pdf be searchable. Spending a lot of money for this is not in the budget, so buying Acrobat 9 is not an option. I could buy something that was more modestly priced.

    Does anyone have suggestions as to possible ways that this could be accomplished?

    Are there services where you can send a book and get back an internet ready pdf?

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