Bound Book Scanning
Our expert bound book scanning services in San Francisco offer high-resolution digital conversions of books, magazines, and archival materials, ensuring the preservation and accessibility of your valuable collections.
What Is Bound Book Scanning?
Bound book scanning is the process of digitizing the contents of a bound book, typically with a hardcover. This involves carefully scanning each page and converting the images into a digital format, such as a PDF or eBook.
The digital copies are sharable and easy to read, making them perfect for archiving, preserving content, or increasing accessibility.
Bound Book Scanning Best Methods
We offer both destructive and non-destructive book scanning methods:
1. Destructive Book Scanning
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- Overview: This method involves carefully removing the spine of the book to scan individual pages, which can then be reassembled digitally. This option is often chosen for its cost-effectiveness, starting at just $0.08 per page.
- Methods:
- Loosening The Spine: Carefully loosening the spine to separate pages for scanning.
- Cutting The Spine: Cutting the spine to remove pages for scanning, typically used for glued spines.
- Cutting The Hinges: Cutting the hinges to separate pages while keeping the cover intact.
- Note: Destructive scanning is a last resort, used only when non-destructive methods are not feasible.
2. Non Destructive Book Scanning
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- Overview: This method preserves the book’s original condition while digitizing its contents. Our prices for non-destructive book scanning start at $0.15 per page.
- Process: Using specialized equipment, we scan each page without damaging the book, converting it into a digital format such as a PDF or eBook. This is ideal for rare, out-of-print books or those intended for re-publishing.
The resulting digital version of the book can be used for a variety of purposes, including archiving, preserving the book’s content, or making it more widely available. Non-destructive book scanning is generally considered the preferred method for digitizing books, as it allows the original book to be preserved in its original form.
Why Choose Our Bound Book Scanning Service?
At eRecordsUSA, we specialize in digitizing bound books so that they can be easily accessed and shared online. Our state-of-the-art scanners and advanced software allow us to quickly and accurately scan your books, preserving the quality of the original text and images.
- Fast Turnaround Time: We understand that you need your scanned books as soon as possible, so we work efficiently to get them to you promptly.
- High-Quality Scans: Our scanners capture every detail of your books, ensuring that the digital copies are just as good as the originals.
- Easy Access And Sharing: Once your books have been scanned, we can provide them to you in a variety of digital formats, making it easy for you to access and share them on any device.
- Affordable Pricing: We offer competitive pricing for our bound book scanning services, making it affordable for you to digitize your collection.
How Does It Works?
- CONTACT US: Discuss your book scanning project or REQUEST A FREE QUOTE.
- Send us your books:Β We will handle the rest!
- Receive Digital Copies: Once the scanning is complete, we will send you the digital copies and return the original books to you.
Contact us today to get started on digitizing your bound books! eRecordsUSA is a 2007 ISO Certified Woman-Owned Minority small business in the SF Bay Area, providing Books Scanning Services, Document Scanning Services, and more.
Would you like a free quote for bound book scanning services? Call (510) 900-8800 or email us at [email protected].
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What Our Client Says
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Mr. Sharma is very professional and friendly. Β We had eRecords scan our books for archive purposes. Β The quality of their service is amazing. Β They are fast and timely. Β I am very glad that we used eRecords to scan our books and wouldn't hesitate to contact eRecords if we need digitizing/imaging service in the future. Esther L.
12/19/2023 - eRecords has provided an amazing high quality scanning work for our books. Mr. Sharma is very detail oriented and the results are just excellent! Eliana D.
12/12/2023 - I contacted eRecords for a small-scale scanning job. Although they usually work on large projects, Pankaj was more than willing to help with what I was looking for! The scans that came back were high quality, and delivered in a timely matter. eRecords was also the business that quoted me the most competitive price. I would definitely recommend - Pankaj is knowledgable and a great collaborator to work with on meeting any scanning service you may need. Nina P.
3/23/2023 - ERecords USA has provided Fast, Timely, and Amazing quality service for scanning my books and magazines. Ritika, Pankaj, and their Staff are very friendly, flexible, and easy to work with. They go above and beyond in their service. I give them Β A+++. Rahul P.
2/28/2023 - I have used eRecordsUSA on three separate occasions and each job was performed exceptionally. All files scanned at high resolution, organized, and returned in a timely manner. Pricing was also very reasonable for such time-intensive work. Management was also very good with their communication.
I am a digital nomad that owns zero paper, so having all of my files in Google Drive is imperative. With Google's OCR (Optical Coherence Recognition) I can now find my files at lightning speed. ie - I search for [deed], [roof repair], [assessment], etc. and all relevant files "automagically" appear. Cameron V.
12/09/2022 - EXCELLENT quality work. VERY professional. I had some kids art work scanned high resolution that was too large for the scanners at copy shops. eRecordsUSA did a fantastic job and I highly recommend them. Stephen M.
11/02/2021 - ERecords USA provided a fast and accurate turnaround for a request to duplicate X-Rays. Β They ensured that copies were accurate prior to payment and went out of their way to produce within a short time. Beth S.
4/21/2021 - Erecords scanned 56 bankers boxes of legal case files and other professional documents for me. This was a particularly difficult and complex job because, in naming files, they had to work from both a written file inventory and the file names on the folders themselves and use a consistent file naming protocol that Erecords and I agreed upon. They did an outstanding job of following this file naming protocol and organizing the documents in digital form to create the file structure that I intended. This job was also difficult because of the variety of page sizes and the age and condition of some of the documents; they managed to accurately capture everything. They also made the job easier for me by picking the documents up at my home. Pankaj at E records was invariably courteous and helpful and spent the time needed with me before the job to develop a digital file structure to make the documents most useful. I highly recommend Erecords for document scanning. David L.
2/27/2021 - I chose eRecords to scan over 2000 pages of yearbooks and several hundred photos from the early 90's to early 00's. I was not disappointed. They were one of the few locations in the Bay Area that I contacted that let me drop off and pickup the material in person. The JPG and PDF scans that they sent me were extremely high quality and OCR'd the yearbooks so I can search for text. They were able to repair one of my yearbook's bindings to the point where I couldn't even find the repair! This place is professional and good value for what I received. If something ever happened to my irreplaceable yearbooks and photos I know they're digitized now and backed up to multiple locations on my network and cloud! Highly recommended, Pankaj and eRecords! David B.
10/28/2020 - I found eRecordsUSA on an internet search and contacted them to inquire about scanning to PDFs a set of some six hundred old, faded, tattered pages of an underground/community newspaper I co-founded fifty years ago. Β I lucked out on this first call, finding a most professional, efficient, accessible, top notch company to help me archive my newspaper despite these trying, pandemic times. Ted R.
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