In the 1980s, my father wrote a book that an analysis and annotation of another well-known book which is now in the public domain. My family owns the rights to this annotation (we checked with the press that put it out). I think it would make a really good eBook if someone wanted to scan it all in, digitize it, and turn all the annotations into hyperlinks. I know that theoretically I could do that all myself, but I feel like that’s something bigger than I can tackle alone. He was a scholar, so he did a huge amount of research on the book which is basically unavailable now to anyone who is interested in it.
So could anyone recommend a good service to do this? I don’t know that I could necessarily raise the funds to do it, but I think it would be worth a try with a kickstarter or something.
Check your local public library, if possible! Many libraries are equipped with scanners for digitizing local newspapers and so on. Librarians might also have connections elsewhere with book scanners.
This is a good answer. I think your local librarian would be thrilled that you’re trying to do this and most of them would likely put forth a completely undue amount of effort to assist you with it.
Source: I used to hang out at the library a whole lot