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 ...

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 ...

Books may be the last frontier of the digital age, most of their pages unscanned, and unsearchable on the Internet. Instead, they’re on library shelves, far from the reach of a Web browser. Enter ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. This article is more than 3 years old. The Fancy Pro ...

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 ...