[Clint Mitchell]

You could even set up a Photoshop 'action' to apply the same enhancement process to every single scan with only the press of a single button for the whole batch of scans. Very quick process once set up you can just walk away from your machine and it carries on doing all the work for you.

As for the copyright I think it would be wise to get legal advice on the matter. You might be ok if you are completely transcribing them into a different format (say a database) but then what is the difference between transcribing another authors copy from a book and reusing it. A tough one.

Clint