Managing a large-scale physical archive presents unique logistical and preservation risks. BBS provides digital solutions that eliminate these pain points:
Challenge
The BBS Solution
Deterioration
Permanent Preservation: Paper naturally degrades due to acidity and environmental factors. We capture your content in its current state, creating a permanent, high-fidelity record that never ages.
Limited Access
Universal Availability: A physical book can only be in one place at a time. Digital conversion allows your team or students to access the same document simultaneously from anywhere in the world.
Storage Costs
Space Optimization: Physical libraries require expensive square footage and climate control. Digital archives reside on secure servers, reclaiming your physical space for higher-value use.
Search Obstacles
Instant Intelligence: Manual research is slow. By using advanced OCR, we make every word across your entire collection searchable, turning static pages into an active database.
Material Fragility
Protected Usage: Every time a rare or proprietary document is handled, it risks damage. Digital surrogates allow users to interact with the content as often as needed while the original remains safely archived.
Key Takeaway
By converting your hard copy collections, you aren’t just saving space—you are unlocking the value of your data while ensuring its long-term survival.
7/13/2016 Rick MacAllister, Maunabo, Puerto Rico
I entrusted this firm with a very valuable 1st edition 1994 book, and did so because of Mark’s extremely professional comportment during my initial telephone conversation with him when explaining the need for careful attention via BBS’s advertised non-destructive service.
Not only did Mark expediently return my book by mail in its original pristine condition — he also sent me (free of charge) an Epub + Mobi file! In lieu, I intend to use Bound Book Scanning for all my future projects. Hands-down, BBS is the best in the business.
Thanks much , Mark,
1/3/2015 Jason Y., Sunderland, United Kingdom
Second time I use these guys. They’re awesome!
WHAT I ASKED THEM TO DO: I first sent them a 1,200-page book (bigger than A4, small fonts) to scan via destructive scanning. The process was quick (I had the eBook within a week or so of it having arrived at their offices) and the scanning was flawless.
About 6 months later I asked them to scan another book of the same size and number of pages, and the book was in worse condition than the first (and in Portuguese). The eBook was once again perfect after they fixed a few issues with the OCR configuration!
HOW THEY DID IT: they produced a Word document, a PDF, and a Kindle format eBook as per my request. There were a few mistakes on the second book because they had selected Spanish as the language, instead of Portuguese… So a few characters weren’t recognized. However, once I emailed them and told them what had happened they immediately got to work again and produced a new version of the eBook with the right target language settings.
WOULD I USE THEM AGAIN?: absolutely yes! And I’m already putting together the list of three books that I need them to scan.
EXTRAS: they also offered to add the reference links on the books (over 2,000 references!!!) so that I could click on them on my Kindle to see the reference at the back of the book (there were over 180 pages of referenced material). I didn’t need this, but it’s nice to know that they can do it for a bit extra on top of the cost. I will definitely take them up on that offer next time I need a fully-referenced eBook produced.
