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 ...

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 ...

Accessing a plethora of information through portable devices is something much more practically beneficial than carrying books and documents around! Where books and documents give you excess weight ...

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 ...

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 ...

I've been trying to digitize some of my old books and comics, and I purchased a Plustek Opticbook 4800 scanner for the job (because some of these are comics, overhead scanners, or ones without platens ...