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I assume “destructively scan” means to cut the spine off so they lie flat, and that one copy of each book will be scanned? Isn’t that a pretty normal way of doing it in cases where the prints aren’t rare?

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Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Probably, yes. I think there’s a copyright reason behind destroying the book?

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- T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Not copyright, as much as if the book isn’t precious, it’s easier to do that, feed the loose pages into the scanner, and then get an intact one if you want it, compared to the additional expense of having to build and program a machine to carefully turn the pages and photograph what’s inside, or the time it would need by comparison.
  
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- Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It just doesn’t work if the spine is still there.
  
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  - Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Well spine scanners exist but they are pretty expensive and way slower
    
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Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Or throw the book into a shredder connected to a scanner that combines the page puzzle internally.

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floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Yes, but I don’t think they’re checking what they’re ingesting super hard, especially at those volumes.

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- FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I can’t imagine that scanning ‘every book in the world’ would require filtering, unless a ham sandwich or Nintendo 64 game has a chance of jumping into their production line then ‘If book, then scan’ is the only filter they need.
  
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