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Originally Posted by najgori
check out plustek opticbook scanners. they are a little more expensive than average flatbed, but they are "nicer" to a book - not so destructive.
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Yes, if you only have a few books to scan, a flatbed is the way to go. I have about 2000 books, so the amount of time saved with my DIYer is enormous.
One thing to be aware of when scanning on a flatbed - if you are holding the book flat to scan both pages at the same time the words get distorted when the page bends at the spine. Abbyy is pretty good at splitting the pages and running a correction algorithm for the page warp, but most OCR errors come from that problem. If you get a flatbed, get one with as thin a border around the scan surface as possible so that you can hold the book flat and scan one page at a time. (the thin border is to accommodate the small distance between the spine and where the print starts on a page) This will increase the time it takes to scan, but decrease the time in OCR correction.
Cheers!