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		Electricniko 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the best method for turning a scan... For classic books like those you mentioned, Project Gutenberg has text versions along with pdfs/epubs/etc. For instance, Discourses on Livy: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10827/pg10827-images.ht... https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10827

tyrust 9 months ago [–]

Even better is when Standard Ebooks publishes a version: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/niccolo-machiavelli/discou...

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