The question is, how can you convert a physical book into a digital copy yourself?
It turns out there are at least three ways to do it.
Why You Should Digitize Your Books
I love physical books, but I also love myeReader.
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Digital books have an undeniable set of convenient advantages.
Not just that, but also every time you handle a physical book you wear it out.
That said, ebooks are still expensive in many cases.
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They also often have DRM (Digital Rights Management) except for some publishers, such as Tor Books.
Digitization specialists Digital Library Vision have a fantastic deep-dive into thelegal aspects of scanning books.
Thanks to the way books are bound, they don’t scan very well.
This means you need the right software to process these scans into a good format.
Specialized applications likeScanPapyrusor the (now defunct)ScanTailorwere made for this purpose.
That being said, how many people still own flatbed scanners?
Especially if you only have a small handful to process.
Buying a Specialized Non-Destructive Book Scanner
The last good option is to buy a dedicated book scanner.
you’re free to find these for a few hundred dollars apiece.
You get the scanner plus the software, and this is probably the fastest way to digitize books.
TheCzur Aura Prois around $250 and theCZUR ET24 Prowill run you a cool $650!
