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We compiled 17 Reddit discussions about Book Scanner apps from 12 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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Best Textbook Scanning App?

r/LawSchool
Why don't you use vFlat? It's specially designed for flattening the curved book pages as the name implies. You can download it at Google Play or AppStore and use it for free. Download: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/vflat-scan-pdf-scanner/id1540238220

What app do y’all recommend for scanning books, DVD’s and VHS

r/Flipping
ScoutIQ plus a barcode scanner is $440 a year. eBay and Amazon FBA barcode lookup apps are free but take 10x longer to price scan per item.

Best Book Scanner App - Reddit

Free is better, of course, but I am willing to pay for an app that does what I need. If there are any suggestions, I'll be grateful! Thanks in advance! EDIT: Thanks for the suggestions. I'm testing CamScanner right now. I'll give the other too a look! ... A place to discuss tactics an...

Book scanners 2024

r/DataHoarder
Spectacle Buying Guide 2024 · r/srilanka • · r/srilanka · The English-Language Subreddit for Sri Lanka · Members Online · upvotes · · comments · Anyone know how to fix messed up barcode scanner? r/upsstore • · r/upsstore · A place for bored UPS Store Employees to talk about UPS Store things. Members...

App for scanning/digitizing a whole book?

r/BookCollecting
If you’re willing to take a picture of every page individually, I’ve always had good experiences with CamScanner. They offer a paid version where you can scan two pages at once, but I imagine you could use their non-paid version to do the same thing as a “regular scan” instead of a “book scan”

Software for scanning books

r/zlibrary
just remove the book binding and feed the pages to an ADF scanner (used Brother ADS 3000N for 150 eur on ebay) people are so sentimental about their stupid books... just cut it, scan it, and get on with your life... regarding software: im still looking. paperless-ngx could work. rebook is from 2020....

Best app for scanning books?

r/ipad
What iOS scanning app would you recommend for easily scanning book pages with OCR? Share ... Camscanner, the quality is amazing. ... CamScanner gets the best quality by far. I don't know why always is Scanbot or Scanner Pro the usual recommendations.

Anyone know of an app that you can scan books in like your own personal library catalog?

r/RomanceBooks
I had their scanner. (Loaned it out and never got it back.) The phone app works much better. ... Gonna check it out! Thank you! ... And they give you statistics about your library! ... I used LibraryThing for my couple thousand books. It was more a priority for my non-fiction.

Home library organization app?

r/HomeLibraries
You can scan with the app or open it up on a PC and use a hand scanner. ... I second Libib. And I like that you can do collections, so my wife’s manga has its own versus my book collection.

What’s the best scanner app on iOS?

r/iosapps
I’m using iOS default scan + ... more efficient way to scan (save in a folders for example) ... why has no one mentioned adobe scan....

Are there any apps that can scan in pages of books you already own?

r/ereader
Can’t you just download like the Libby or hoopla app and connect it to your library card and see if the book is on there? Then download it to your phone? Or you can check kindle and buy it and download it to your phone?

What Book Scanning Services Would You Recommend?

r/DataHoarder
If you want to scan books yourself instead of outsourcing it, I ended up using VBook Scan and it worked decently for me when I was short on time. It doesn’t take as long as going page-by-page with a flatbed or dedicated scanner , I just snapped ...

Barcode Scanner for Selling Books

r/Flipping
The scanner isn't a bad price, but I don't think I am going to try to sell enough books to justify the monthly cost of Scoutly. At least not at the moment. ... sales rank and margin parameters to check on amazon for what they want via an app and many can be set up to ding or vibrate when a...

Scannable Alternative?

r/ProductivityApps
I know this is an old thread, but I wanted share a scannable alternative that I have been incredibly impressed with because it “flattens out” receipts and documents (if you know what I mean). And does so much more. I think it’s even better than scannable. And free. It’s called Scanner Pro.

2023 - Most affordable (yet efficient) way to scan a book into PDF/ePub without de-spining or damaging book?

r/DataHoarder
You should check out adobe acrobat’s app. I use it to scan my receipts. It automatically resizes the picture you’re taking to the page’s corners and is very nice to use. You can save as pdf/jpg as needed and export. That being said, if your book has a lot of pages, this is gonna take hours. If this ...

Mobile app to scan and price a whole bookshelf full of books at once, using the camera

r/Flipping
Some tips and advice for the “book scanners” at thrift stores. ... Looking for books! ... I built MorphBooks — Its a reading app where you can read, listen, or do both at the same time!!! ... Found a good alternative to Amazon if you need books.

PDF Scanning? Which app is better and why? Currently have tried Drive & Office Lens

r/androidapps
I trialed lots of scanner apps and settled on Simple Scan because of its good edge detection and scan cleanup capability. Good high-fidelity results for a phone scanner. ... SwiftScan shows up in a lot of .edu web sites (syllabi) and wasn't mentioned yet. I prefer OfficeLens (now Microsoft Lens...

Key Subreddits

r/LawSchoolr/Flippingr/DataHoarderr/BookCollectingr/zlibraryr/ipadr/RomanceBooksr/HomeLibrariesr/iosappsr/ereaderr/ProductivityAppsr/androidapps

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