“ A book is an irregularly-shaped object and does not fit neatly into normal scanning devices. Care must also be taken not to damage books in the process of scanning them, unless destructive scanning is used. ”

“ Pre-processing Before creating the single file, it is a good idea to make copies or otherwise set aside any page scan with an illustration or other image. These will need to be extracted and uploaded separately so they can be added to the final work during proofreading. Images should be extracted from the raw, unprocessed scans whenever possible. Any processing may result in lower image quality, especially if certain image file formats get repeatedly saved and compressed. ”

“ While the human eye can adjust to different levels of lighting, it will be especially noticable to computer software at the processing stage and it will interfere with the optical character recognition. Direct lighting may also cause glare on the glass pane holding the pages flat.
Flat-bed scanners Plustek book scanner, where the scanning area continues to the edge of the device. Bookeye 3 overhead book scanner. Flat-bed scanners are not as good as a v-cradle for scanning a book but they are the next best choice and different versions exist. These devices can also be expensive to purchase. ”