Easier to send them through a duplex scanner (or put them in a flatbed one if they are fragile). Cheaper than buying the automated ones with the page turning robot arm.

I have done it at home for my books since the mid-00s.

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open-paren 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you purchase every book two times, or do you have a home devoid of physical books that you enjoy? Genuinely curious

	▲	flir an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Not OP, but: If it's something I want to work from, I get a printer to slice the spine off and rebind it with a ring binding. That way it lays flat on the desk. You've trashed the book (and its lifespan) but some books are for using, not keeping.