What I've started doing is using a crafting heat gun to soften the binding glue on the paper back and then carefully pull off 10 sheet (or 20 page) sections. I then take the sections and trim the glued edge off with my paper cutter. I have a standard guillotine style cutter that I used in my classroom, but it does the job. Since I'm scanning your run of the mill mass market paperback, the whole process takes less than 1/2 hour and I didn't have to buy anything new since the document reader scanner and OCR software we purchased were so expensive. As a side benefit, I don't ruin the book cover and can set the pages back inside and close with a metal binder clamp for storage, although, I don't know how long I'll actual hold on to them since I now have a digital copy. Unfortunately, I have trouble letting go of some things.
