Your books, scanned at industrial scale.
Ship us the books you own. We scan them on production lines in the US and return clean, OCR'd files — every page accounted for.
If it has pages, we can scan it.
Bound books
Hardcover, paperback and spiral.
Archival & rare
Fragile and oversize, scanned by hand.
Periodicals
Journals, manuals and annuals.
Mixed pallets
Unsorted and multilingual.
Two ways to scan.
| Destructive | Non-destructive | |
|---|---|---|
| How | Spine removed, pages fed at high speed | Open book imaged in a cradle |
| Speed & cost | Fastest, lowest cost | Slower, higher cost |
| The book afterward | Recycled or destroyed with certificate | Returned to you intact |
| Best for | Large AI training runs | Rare or borrowed material |
Configured per batch.
| Resolution | 200, 300, 400 or 600 dpi |
|---|---|
| Color | 24-bit color, grayscale, bitonal |
| Formats | PDF, PDF/A, plain text, ALTO XML, JSON, TIFF |
| OCR | 30+ languages, including CJK, Arabic and Cyrillic |
| Quality control | Sampled on every batch, up to 100% |
| Delivery | S3, Google Cloud, Azure, SFTP |
The books, your choice.
Return
Shipped back to you, boxed by batch, with a packing manifest.
Recycle
Fiber recycling, with weight tickets for your records.
Destroy
Witnessed destruction with a signed, dated certificate.
Come see where your books live.
Walk the floor, meet the team and watch a batch go through the line. Site visits by appointment.
Per book, by volume.
- Dedicated coordinator
- Any output format
- Rolling delivery
Book scanning questions.
Destructive or non-destructive scanning?
Destructive scanning removes the spine for high-speed feeding — fastest and lowest cost. Non-destructive scanning images the open book in a cradle, so the book can be returned intact.
Which resolution should I choose?
300 dpi suits most modern books. 400 dpi helps with small type and formulas. 600 dpi is for archival or image-heavy material.
How do I ship books to you?
By box, pallet or container to our US warehouses. We send shipping instructions with your quote and a manifest within 48 hours of receipt.
Do you keep copies of my files?
No. Files are removed from our systems within 30 days of confirmed delivery unless you request longer retention.
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No commitment, no sales pitch — a report showing what we have, what we can find, and what it costs.