From a physical book to a clean, usable file
No manuscript file? No problem — as long as you have the book. Our book scanning and OCR service takes a physical copy or a PDF you have already scanned, extracts the text, then has a person proofread every page against the original before it becomes your final file. Delivered as a clean PDF, editable Word document, or taken all the way through to Kindle, ePub, or print.
Physical Book or Pre-Scanned PDF Accepted
Start from whatever you already have
Human-Proofread Against the Original
Not just raw OCR output
Your Choice of Final Format
PDF, Word, or a full eBook conversion
Lifetime Warranty on the Final File
Free fixes forever, no expiry
Every project is priced individually — here’s why.
BOOK OR
SCANNED PDF
HUMAN
PROOFED
LIFETIME
WARRANTY
Book condition, page count, image quality, and language complexity all affect the work — so we quote every project individually instead of forcing it into a fixed price tier that would not actually be honest.
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Send us the physical copy. We scan every page carefully, then run the same OCR and human-proofing process described below. No need to scan it yourself first.
Send the PDF as-is. We skip straight to OCR extraction and human proofing — no need to send the physical book if a good-quality scan already exists.
OCR software is genuinely good at recognizing clean, well-scanned text — and genuinely bad at everything else. Faded print, unusual fonts, page curvature near the spine, and stray marks all produce misread characters, garbled words, and formatting the software has no way to catch on its own. Run through automatically with no review, these errors go straight into your final file.
A person reads every page of the OCR output against the original book, catching exactly the errors software misses — misread words, dropped punctuation, garbled special characters — before the file is ever called finished. What you receive is a clean, accurate manuscript, not a first-pass guess.
A clean, searchable PDF — good for archiving or if you’ll handle further formatting yourself.
A clean, editable Word document — good if you want to make changes or send it elsewhere.
We take it all the way to a finished Kindle, ePub, or print-ready file — one project, no separate order.
Every other service on this site runs on a fixed 72-hour clock, because converting a digital manuscript is a predictable amount of work. Scanning and OCR genuinely is not — a well-printed, undamaged book with clear text scans and proofs quickly. A worn, faded, or unusually formatted book takes meaningfully longer to get right. We will not promise a fixed timeline that is not actually true. Instead, we confirm a specific delivery estimate as part of your quote, before you commit to anything.
Send Your Book or PDF
We Scan If Needed
OCR Text Extraction
Human Proofread
Receive Your File
Already Have a Clean Manuscript?
If you already have a Word document or clean digital manuscript, skip scanning entirely and order Kindle, ePub, or print formatting directly.
Because it would not be honest to promise a fixed price when the actual work varies so much by book condition, page count, image quality, and language complexity. A well-printed, undamaged book is genuinely less work than a worn or unusually formatted one. We quote every project individually so the price actually reflects the real work involved.
No. Send us the physical book and we handle scanning as part of the service. If you already have a scanned PDF, sending that directly skips a step and may reduce turnaround time.
Tell us in your quote request. These factors affect both price and timeline, and we would rather account for them upfront than discover them partway through your project.
Yes. Tell us your desired output format when you request a quote — PDF only and Word only are both complete deliverables on their own, not just intermediate steps.
No — tell us upfront and we handle it as one project, from physical book through to your finished Kindle, ePub, or print file, without you needing to place two separate orders.
It genuinely depends on your book’s length, condition, and complexity — which is exactly why we do not promise a fixed number upfront. You will receive a specific delivery estimate as part of your quote, before you commit to anything.
Yes — one revision pass is included, and the file carries our standard lifetime warranty. If you find an error later, we fix it free.
Scanning, OCR, and human proofreading — delivered in the format you actually need. Quoted individually, honestly.
