Is there a Windows trick to get Google Books chapters saved?

If a fat reference book is out of print, and you want just one chapter,
with diagrams (not just the text), how can we improve upon this process
given a Windows computer?

1. Search terms get you a books.google.com URL to the desired book.
2. You set up the book view to scroll page by page in full pages.
3. Bring up Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
4. Irfanview: Capture area 5) Custom rectangle/region capture
5. Click the top left & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 640x228).
6. Click the bottom right & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 575x853).
7. Go back to Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
8. Irfanview: Capture area 7) Fixed screen rectangle
X-pos: 640 Y-pos: 228 Width: 575 Height: 853
9. Scroll to the desired chapter page & press F11 (to capture the area).
10. Press the next-page button & press F11 (repeat as needed).

This procedure works so I just want to ask technical improvement questions.

a. Is there a better method to capture the area of the screen?
b. Is there a way to get *more* of the Google Book that the first time?

Is there a better Windows trick to get Google Books chapters saved?

On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:25:29 -0000 (UTC), Niamh Bodkin
wrote:

If a fat reference book is out of print, and you want just one chapter,
with diagrams (not just the text), how can we improve upon this process
given a Windows computer?

1. Search terms get you a books.google.com URL to the desired book.
2. You set up the book view to scroll page by page in full pages.
3. Bring up Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
4. Irfanview: Capture area 5) Custom rectangle/region capture
5. Click the top left & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 640x228).
6. Click the bottom right & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 575x853).
7. Go back to Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
8. Irfanview: Capture area 7) Fixed screen rectangle
X-pos: 640 Y-pos: 228 Width: 575 Height: 853
9. Scroll to the desired chapter page & press F11 (to capture the area).
10. Press the next-page button & press F11 (repeat as needed).

This procedure works so I just want to ask technical improvement questions.

a. Is there a better method to capture the area of the screen?
b. Is there a way to get *more* of the Google Book that the first time?

Is there a better Windows trick to get Google Books chapters saved?

The book in question might be available on eMule or PirateBay, or
Demonoid. There are many engineering handbooks available (especially
on Demonoid).
Many novels too. My LIBRARY HDD is up to 750GB with books of varying
sorts.
Note that not all book pages are shown on Google Books.

The method you describe is tedious; but if necessary save to pdf and
then OCR the pages

On 3/10/17 1:25 PM, Niamh Bodkin wrote:
If a fat reference book is out of print, and you want just one chapter,
with diagrams (not just the text), how can we improve upon this process
given a Windows computer?

1. Search terms get you a books.google.com URL to the desired book.
2. You set up the book view to scroll page by page in full pages.
3. Bring up Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
4. Irfanview: Capture area 5) Custom rectangle/region capture
5. Click the top left & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 640x228).
6. Click the bottom right & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 575x853).
7. Go back to Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
8. Irfanview: Capture area 7) Fixed screen rectangle
X-pos: 640 Y-pos: 228 Width: 575 Height: 853
9. Scroll to the desired chapter page & press F11 (to capture the area).
10. Press the next-page button & press F11 (repeat as needed).

This procedure works so I just want to ask technical improvement questions.

a. Is there a better method to capture the area of the screen?
b. Is there a way to get *more* of the Google Book that the first time?

Is there a better Windows trick to get Google Books chapters saved?

It depends a lot on the book(s) you want. Some are still in copyright,
and as Peter said, only "preview" pages are available.

For one's that are out of copyright, they maybe be available as a PDF
file or an ebook.

If you don't mind listing a couple of the books, I'll go take a look and
see what I learn.



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In , Peter Jason
suggested:

Note that not all book pages are shown on Google Books.

What is a good method to get around that?

I suspect, but have not tested, that one or more of these gets other pages?
a. Change the IP address
b. Search at a later date
c. Change the search terms

While I'm sure the system is well designed to make it highly improbable
you'd ever get the entire book, if only a chapter is needed, these
approaches might work, I would think.

Is there anything else that can be done to get more pages if a specific set
of pages in a chapter are missing?

The method you describe is tedious; but if necessary save to pdf and
then OCR the pages

That's a good idea since it's easy to save from Irfanview to PDF.
Does anyone suggest a good freeware OCR program for Windows 10?

Response to Niamh Bodkin \
I suspect, but have not tested, that one or more of these gets other pages?
a. Change the IP address
b. Search at a later date
c. Change the search terms

Probably change the browser also as Google knows who we are better than our
own pets do.

On 3/10/17 7:16 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
If you don't mind listing a couple of the books, I'll go take a look and
see what I learn.

Hi, Niamh,

Wish you'd list one or two of the books, I may know a way (and legal,
too) to get the whole book. But without having a book title, nothing I
can tell you.

--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.11.6
Firefox 51.0.1 (64 bit)
Thunderbird 45.7.1
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 10/03/2017 20:25, Niamh Bodkin wrote:
a. Is there a better method to capture the area of the screen?

Yes. Read it and memorize it. Simple. Ask Mai-Wai-Chang how this is
done as Chinese children have done this since books were invented.



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On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:25:29 -0000 (UTC), Niamh Bodkin
wrote:

If a fat reference book is out of print, and you want just one chapter,
with diagrams (not just the text), how can we improve upon this process
given a Windows computer?

1. Search terms get you a books.google.com URL to the desired book.
2. You set up the book view to scroll page by page in full pages.
3. Bring up Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
4. Irfanview: Capture area 5) Custom rectangle/region capture
5. Click the top left & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 640x228).
6. Click the bottom right & note the numbers in Irfanview (e.g., 575x853).
7. Go back to Irfanview: Options Capture/Screenshot
8. Irfanview: Capture area 7) Fixed screen rectangle
X-pos: 640 Y-pos: 228 Width: 575 Height: 853
9. Scroll to the desired chapter page & press F11 (to capture the area).
10. Press the next-page button & press F11 (repeat as needed).

This procedure works so I just want to ask technical improvement questions.

a. Is there a better method to capture the area of the screen?

Press the print screen key.

b. Is there a way to get *more* of the Google Book that the first time?

Is there a better Windows trick to get Google Books chapters saved?