Book Scanning Service

Professional Book Scanning & Digitisation Services

Our comprehensive book scanning service converts paper books, rare manuscripts, journals, and bound legal records into high-quality digital formats. Whether you need to digitize single editions for republication or require bulk library digitisation, we provide tailored solutions for businesses, publishers, universities, and private collectors across the UK.

Converting your hardcopy publications allows electronic e-readers to utilize text-to-speech features, or enables you to seamlessly edit and re-publish out-of-print titles that currently only exist in physical paper formats.

Our Specialized Book Digitisation Methods

Depending on the size, quality, age, and value of your books, we utilize distinct industrial capture technologies to guarantee pristine image clarity:

• Non-Destructive Book Scanning: Ideal for rare, historic, and antiquarian books.  We capture high-resolution images without damaging the physical binding or original spines. 

• Destructive Bulk Book Scanning: For high-volume commercial projects where the physical book does not need to be retained, we carefully slice the spine using a guillotine. The loose pages are then processed through high-speed sheet-fed scanners, providing a highly cost-effective option for reprinting or e-book conversion.

OCR Text Searchability & High-Resolution Formats

We don’t just create flat digital pictures of your pages. Every project undergoes advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) processing, transforming static images into fully text-searchable PDFs and editable Microsoft Word documents.

We offer flexible, uncompressed digital output options to suit your archive needs:

• Searchable PDF / Archive-quality PDF/A

• Editable Microsoft Word (.docx)

• Uncompressed master files (TIFF / JPEG)