The company warned of this remote possibility. The obvious pause here is that the books could be lost in shipping. After blinking at the $110 charge listed on my confirmation email, I had to wrap up the books to ship to Missouri. I then completed and paid for the online order. There were additional options to create the proprietary Amazon Kindle MOBI format, and even convert the resulting text into an audio file with words spoken by a computerized voice. I opted for the $12 conversion fee to generate standard EPUB format for ereader devices. The subtotal at this point was around $98. The first 50 pages were free, then there was a 10-cent charge per page. The setup fee was $29.95 (now $24.95) for the first book, and $14.95 for each book thereafter. I initiated the order on the company's web site using a detailed form where I chose non-destructive scanning for the 584 pages. The process began with my adding up the total number of pages of two books I decided to have scanned. Destructive scanning takes your book on a one way trip-the cut pages are not returned. They will scan books intact or "destructively," cutting the spines off so that pages can be scanned less labor intensively through an automated sheet feeder. Based in Missouri, the service will scan books you ship to them and convert the scanned images of individual pages into PDF, EPUB (ebook), Microsoft Word text and even MP3 audio formats. Blue Leaf Book Scanning Service is one of a handful of scanning services that cater directly to consumers (as opposed to businesses like libraries and museums).
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