~~NOTOC~~ ====== How to prepare a new book? ====== ===== Preparing a book needs to: ===== * Have an **original** document, not a copy. * Contact us to make an assessment. If everything seems OK, then you will need to: * Digitalize (scan) the pages at 300 dpi, jpeg format. * Use grayscale for text and B&W image. * Descreen image to avoid moiré effect. * Set precisely the picture upright. * Perform optical character recognation (OCR) provided you have an efficient software. Check spelling and grammar carefully because OCR softwares are not very reliable on that point. * Start processing a few pages only for preliminary tests. * Send us these few pages: [[biblio2@cactuspro.com]] ===== Don't proceed to page formatting and laying out unless you have a high level layout software (InDesign, for example) ===== * If you have not this type of software, we could do the job (We don't know when…) ===== First of all, be sure that: ===== * You work for glory exclusively. As long as your work is available from Cactuspro, you contract not to ask for any counterpart (freeware!). If you desire a counterpart (shareware) you will need to find another hosting site. * The work is free of rights. * This is generally the case when the author died more than 70 years ago. However, it is customary to contact the interested parties (author family, editor). * If necessary, you will have to look for these interested parties and ask for a written authorization. ===== Contact us: ===== [[ biblio2@cactuspro.com ]] \\ \\ \\ Back to the [[accueil|welcome]] page of the library.