Why do you need a scanner?

Save your books before they are destroyed

Fire, flood, theft, loss and perishing sometimes occur. Do you have a plan for your one-of-a-kind-volume? Preserve your books before they are destroyed and lost forever.

Release content from the printed paper

How could students access the books if they resort to the Internet but the book itself sits on the shelf somewhere?

Free the knowledge from the printed papers to unlock other benefits of digital copies. Digital copies make them discoverable, searchable, and can be consumed on other devices.

Fire devastates Delft architecture faculty

"The faculty building caught alight, then spread to the library and the historic chair collection - which includes Rietveld's Red and Blue chair," Fretton said."The fire brigade couldn't get close to it and decided to stand back and let the fire burn itself out."

Why your book scanner should be BookDrive?

Lowest digitization cost. Best quality.
Proven.

Used by hundreds of well-known institutions
and national libraries around the world.learn more
High-resolution digital SLR cameras capture sharp, curvature-free images. learn more
Face-up scanning. Books are partially
opened on a v-sharped cradle.learn more
The auto-centering cradle and platen act to
gently sandwich the book, keeping pages flat
and eliminating margin crawl.learn more

BookDrive Family

Three distinct models. Which one is right for your project?

BookDrive Mini

The compact solution

BookDrive DIY

The popular solution

BookDrive Pro

The ultimate solution