I was a bookworm when I was a kid, reading almost a book a day. I lived overseas, and English books were hard to come by, so I devoured any I could find. Though this was long before I knew anything ...

If you've ever wanted to scan the content of every single one of your books, for insurance in case of a flood or something else as equally compulsive, the new Booksnap book scanner from Atiz might be ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

North Dakota State University graduate student Daniel Reetz is attracting worldwide attention for a do-it-yourself book scanner he invented. The 28-year-old created the scanner a year ago out of cheap ...

Scanning documents is no longer a tough task. Thanks to dedicated scanning machines that have been around for a while now, there are multiple varieties available in the market today. However, not ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Scanners normally come in three flavors: flatbed, film and ...

Books may be the last frontier of the digital age, most of their pages unscanned, and unsearchable on the Internet. Instead, they’re on library shelves, far from the reach of a Web browser. Enter ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

I have to admit that while this looks interesting, and I do love ebooks (I love my physical books as well), the very thought of converting my library makes me cringe. All said (novels, reference, ...

Printers and scanners often create more friction than they solve. Paper jams, fuzzy scans, and stacks of documents waiting to ...

It would seem to me that that absent some filename scripting skills, collating the digital images from the two cameras would be a tad tedious. I'm sure someone has addressed this already but it would ...