Your Trusted Source for Professional Book Scanning Services

Founded in 2008, Bound Book Scanning Inc (BBS) was born from a technical necessity: how to transform a massive private library into a searchable, accessible digital database without compromising the integrity of irreplaceable originals. What began as a two-year intensive project by historian and philologist Mark Honig to perfect non-destructive digitization quickly scaled into a professional enterprise. Today, we leverage that foundational expertise to provide premier book scanning services tailored to unique collections.

Officially established in New York in 2012, BBS has evolved from a specialized research aid into a global leader in high-fidelity digital preservation. We serve prestigious academic institutions, corporate archives, and private individuals who demand the highest standards of data accuracy and structural integrity for their print materials.

Over the years, our commitment to blending cutting-edge technology with meticulous archival handling has set us apart in the industry. Whether you need to digitize sensitive historical manuscripts, legal documents, or vast literary volumes, our specialized book-scanning services ensure your physical assets are safely digitized into flawless, searchable digital formats for future generations. Discover the BBS difference.

We bridge the gap between legacy print and the digital era through a fusion of advanced robotics and proprietary software. Our facility is optimized for high-throughput efficiency and unmatched image clarity. 

• Robotic Non-Destructive Scanning: We utilize state-of-the-art automated technology that captures high-resolution images with zero stress on the book’s binding. 
• High-Speed Destructive Scanning: For projects where the physical copy is no longer required, we offer precision de-binding and high-speed sheet-fed scanning. This method provides the fastest turnaround and the most cost-effective path to a high-quality digital archive. 
• Advanced OCR and Metadata: Our custom software suites ensure ultimate text clarity and 99.9% Optical Character Recognition (OCR) accuracy, making your documents fully searchable and actionable. 

From single-volume diaries to massive institutional archives, we deploy a white-glove workflow for a diverse range of materials:

• Historical and Rare: Archives, genealogy books, and fragile 18th-century manuscripts. 
• Professional and Industrial: Lab notebooks, legal records, and technical blueprints. 
• Educational: Textbooks, academic journals, and reference libraries. 
• Personal Collections: Novels, art books, scrapbooks, and family legacies. 

Bound Book Scanning Inc was engineered to disrupt a fragmented industry. In analyzing the market, we identified four critical barriers that prevented clients from accessing high-quality digitization: 

• Geographic Risk: Most providers operated offshore, creating significant shipping risks and long lead times. 
• Methodological Limitations: Services often defaulted to destructive scanning, offering no viable path for preserving rare or sentimental originals. 
• Inaccessible Entry Points: High minimum order requirements and prohibitive pricing structures locked out individual researchers and smaller institutions. 
• Operational Inefficiency: Slow manual workflows resulted in inconsistent quality and delayed delivery. 

We built our business model to eliminate these friction points. By combining local operations with advanced robotic automation, we offer a streamlined, “customer-first” workflow. Whether you require non-destructive preservation or high-speed destructive scanning, BBS delivers professional-grade results that are fast, scalable, and cost-effective. 

At BBS, we believe that high-end digitization should be accessible to everyone. While we are a trusted partner for prestigious universities, corporate institutions, and world-renowned authors, we apply that same “extra mile” philosophy to every project.

Whether we are assisting a family historian or a global archive, our mission remains the same: to protect your legacy through superior technology.