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Cynicalman:
I made a test scan after finally getting my old scanner working, but have some reservations about uploading.

First, I only scanned the cover and first story (13 pages) of Space War #19, from Charlton (1962).  I read the tutorials, and think I did everything correctly, but didn't finish the book because I am only 98% certain it's Public Domain (I heard Charltons have a few exceptions for early 60's work) and second because I felt I should get an outside opinion before wasting a lot of effort and finishing this book as practice before scanning my copy of Lawbreakers Suspense Stories #11 (I wouldn't want to experiment on that one!).

I think I should have compressed the jpg's more, these 13 pages are 37 MB.

Should I upload this test, or compress first, or even finish the book first (that may take another weekend unless I have a slow week at my job).

It's not following the correct naming convention for the existing copy of Space War on the site, and is even named Test as a suffix.  If I upload it, maybe somebody could look at it, give any advice, then just delete it as I'll finish the book and then work on the good one after I'm sure I'm doing this correctly  O0

Thanks for any advice you may have.

narfstar:
DCM only takes books before 1960. CB+ already has a copy of Space War 19 so it has already been scanned.  Chalton did not carry a proper copyright until 1968. Pre 1968 Charltons are welcome on CB+  http://comicbookplus.com
For the most part your comics should not be more than a Meg a page.

Geo (RIP):
Yes, Cman as Narf stated we only carry book up to December 1959, nothing newer here, sorry.
We do accept most books from before that date with a few exceptions.

Geo

Cynicalman:
OK - Thanks for the info.

I couldn't find much else to experiment on, so will need to find a suitable guinea pig before trying the book I really don't want to hurt.

I misunderstood when I read the bit about Charltons being a grey area someplace here.  Thought they'd be acceptable.

Oops.

I'll find sumpin' else to make a test file on first...

narfstar:
CB+ will be happy to take any Charltons up until 1968. You can save yourself some effort by checking there first to make sure they are not already scanned. CB+ has a substantial number of Charltons between 1960-68

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