They're doing you a favor and if you're not grateful they act like they are the Soup Nszi from Seinfeld. If you have 502 pages they charge you for 600. Just because. I had spent hundreds of dollars until they cut me off because I didn't want to pay $4 extra dollars. Instead they spent a lot of money to return them UPS and refunded my order. That's how petty and childish these people are. Don't use them. Please. I scanned 4 books on my scanner at home with the same quality and features for free. Forget them. read more

I did a search online for a photo scanning service that was local and that could turn around a large project in a short amount of time. I needed hundreds of photos scanned so I could put them together for a slideshow at my mother's funeral reception. All other online services take weeks and I needed them in days. 1DollarScan was the perfect answer. Not only did Todd respond to me right away, but he was very caring about making sure that I understood the process completely on how to set up the order online before I took them directly to his shop. The results were perfect! I now have time to organize the photos and put them into a nice slideshow to honor my mother. I checked other places and they wanted too much money and they took too much time. Todd completed the project in record time. I highly recommend 1DollarScan for all your scanning needs, especially if you have a large volume of photos that need scanning quickly. His work is impeccable. I can't say enough nice things about Todd and 1DollarScan! read more

I published a book in the mid-eighties which is out of print and I wanted to digitize it. I was amazed at the turn around time but also the quality of the pdf they sent back (complete with the cover). The most amazing thing was the cost. I think it cost more to have it Fedexed than to have the entire book (over 200 pages) digitized. I will definitely use them in the future. read more

Dropping off books to be scanned? Here is where you unload. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/1dollarscan-san-jose?select=V4QvweUL6GrN-ApEo9-q2g#V4QvweUL6GrN-ApEo9-q2g Notice there is no signage; only an unmarked, unassuming door. Just like a Speakeasy. After you drop off the books, the order shows up in your online account the same day, showing the total number of sets. If you are traveling from afar to make a deposit, be sure to stop by Ma's Chinese restaurant down the street and pick up an order of their legendary sesame bread: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/mas-restaurant-san-jose?select=GxM1T0uc22lFBNfgEYmKfg#GxM1T0uc22lFBNfgEYmKfg read more

1DollarScan - Unload your books here. There's no sign; it's right next to the Massage Therapy outfit. - Digitizing Services Near Me - Campbell, California

I believe I heard about 1DollarScan through a podcast (The Minimalists?). I'm am in the process of organizing my books and papers and thought to digitize a handful of books that are difficult to come by that I don't need right now. Dollar scan is inexpensive, as the name suggests. I had 7 books of varying lengths done for something like $50. You get what you pay for -- in a way. Their work is quite good, but I had paid an extra few $ each to have the book titles used as the PDF titles. Multiple typos per title in some cases (though these were genealogy books and did have some unphonetic last names). Nothing I couldn't, and didn't, fix myself upon download. Note that it takes a bit of work to get the stuff ready to send in. You have to count how many pages and see how many "sets" it is, and then, when you place your order, decide what add-ons you'd like. I sent my stuff well in advance of my scan date and had it back on time or early. I'm quite satisfied and would definitely use their service again. Thanks for helping me simplify things, 1DollarScan! read more

They created a PDF of a large book (1269 pages) I paid to have scanned and it is unusable - crashes every time I try to print a section or save to my computer. I have emailed customer service three times and also left a VM with no response - would NOT recommend. read more

1dollarscan is a remarkable service. I had long wanted to find a way to get scans of my books that I could read and mark up with my iPad/Apple Pencil, akin to what I have always done with pen and print books. Most of my books don't offer Kindle versions, and even it they did, Kindle is horrible for serious nom-fiction reading where you want to mark up. Kindle's markup system is tedious and very constraining. Here's how I use 1dollarscan's PDF scans. I import them to the Notability app on my 12.9" iPad Pro, and then read and mark-up with my Apple Pencil. This experience is akin from moving from CDs to music subscription services. Zero space, maximum flexibility. Opens up a whole new world. I'm traveling to NYC next week, and I'm taking the equivalent of 50# of big book volumes with me, nestled weightlessly onto my iPad where I can read them anywhere in NYC without lugging the big, heavy books around. read more

The telephone number for this business is fake because 1DollarScan does its magic via the internet only -- and they do it well. I'm glad technology has caught up with my laziness. As I have moved from place-to-place over the years, I never enjoyed packing up my books. I jumped onto the Kindle express early so I could dump hundreds of pounds of books onto less-nomadic souls. However, what to do with books that haven't made it to the computer age? 1DollarScan is the answer. I gathered some books, sent them off to 1DollarScan and, in a few weeks, they turned them into pdf files and Kindle-worthy files. The pricing is not expensive but it can add up if, like, me, you've shipped them a big box of books. You won't get the books back, though, because they slice them up to load and scan them accurately. For some people, giving up a physical library that they can see and touch (and smell) is unthinkable. For me, the exercise of turning it all into computer files that I can easily take with me wherever I go has been liberating. read more

If you need to get your books or documents scanned, please support this business. The service was personable, the prices are reasonable, and the quality is top notch. I wouldn't even bother with Kinkos anymore. Head here to digitize your books, magazines, and documents. read more

I have been working with the folks at 1DollarScan for about 5 years off and on. I'm a Platinum member for the last many months. I have always been super impressed with both the quality of their work and their customer service. This is a family run business as I was able to recently meet the owner face to face when I was in San Jose. You can drop off books if you're there as well! These folks are the BEST! I'm in the process of taking all of my books I've collected over the years (except for the first additions and others I need to have physical copies of) and digitizing all of them. The quality of the work, the extremely fair pricing and the level of customer service make this a service I personally could not live without. Recommend 1000%! read more

This business is WONDERFUL. I needed to convert my books to digital form, and this is the best service for the best price I found. From the first set of books I sent, customer service was FANTASTIC. When one book was unreadable on my Kindle, Akiko in customer service worked with me through several attempts to correct the problem (due to yellowed pages in the original, not to anything they did wrong). She found a solution which cost a bit more, but delivered a WONDERFUL result. The platinum lite option allowed me to convert everything I needed at an affordable price. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Susan P. read more

Great quality, great price. They've got access to high speed scanning equipment that's very hard to find anywhere else.

I have nothing but great things to say about 1dollarscan, I met the owners in person after dropping off books, and they are very nice people. I've also mailed in books. This is an awesome service that turned out even better than I expected, it is so handy being able to search a reference book or dictionary, etc. and not have to go pull a heavy book off the shelf, greatly simplified my life. It was also the cheapest and best option I found. read more

I am very grateful for the help they gave me scanning the forty years of books I had collected. This was, for me, something of a stressful process given my love for my collection which had been carefully bought and curated over the years. But they did a wonderful job churning out beautiful PDFs of my books. To my surprise, my favorite part of this change from physical copy to digital copy is now I can take them all with me wherever I go. I used to fill my suitcase with books because I never knew what I would want/need to read while traveling. Now, I just take my iPad. In addition to the above, this place has the most wonderful and kind customer service. Everything the other reviews say in this regard is true and they have helped me several times since my move with other orders. read more

1DollarScan offers a good service, and I appreciate the work they've done for me. For this, they get kudos. However, you need to know -- and they do not tell you this upfront -- that your name will be embedded into the PDFs they create for you. That means that you cannot share the PDFs they make without possibly violating copyright law. What's more, if your digital device is ever lost or stolen with your 1DollarScan PDFs on it, then those PDFs -- with your name on it -- can be passed on to others and you will be the one ultimately responsible should a publisher find out and seek to sue you for copyright infringement. Once again: 1DollarScan offers a good service. But they embed YOUR name into the PDFs they create, not theirs, so you will be the one responsible should a publisher ever seek to sue you for distribution of copyrighted material. read more

This is perhaps one of the coolest businesses that exists. If you are a platinum member, they will scan a box full of books a month into searchable PDFs that they email back to you. Not only that, but the customer service is *incredible.* Once, my husband left a pay stub in a book, and they mailed it back to us with two beautiful pieces of oragami paper and a note explaining where it came from. Every interaction I've had with them has been completely awesome. Highly recommend. read more

I'm so glad that I found this place! I was anxious to get my scan done by an hour but other stores can't take a walk in project and will charge me a lot money for an express fee. Then I found this one, the staffs here are so nice, they helped me immediately and gave me a really good price for my scanning. read more

I had the nicest experience with this service when I walked in for scanning a few documents. They usually don't get walk-ins and even though I went around lunchtime, I was told to wait 5 minutes and was promptly taken care. Tatsuya was fantastic, explaining how it works. Scans are done per "set". Although I didn't mind having each of the 10 documents counted as a separate set, he suggested I can merge some of them into one set, which made sense. He took crisp color scans of the documents, making sure to scan the documents in full size, and emailed me the link to scans on google drive. Everything done in 10 minutes! read more

1DollarScan is amazing!! they did a great job converting years of our organization's newsletters in to OCR PDFs. I couldn't be happier with the result. I hadn't ever used a service like this before so I asked customer service A LOT of questions, and they were really helpful and timely in their response. I highly recommend using them for your scanning needs. At the end they saved me a ton of time and frustration! read more

Hello All: These folks do a great job at a great price. I am a thousand percent delighted with both the results and their excellent customer service. AJ read more