new life into forgotten archives

with HP BookPrep

HP BookPrep

is a web service

that cleans archival

scans of out-of print

books and makes

high-quality

copies available

and affordable

to readers

everywhere.

With BookPrep,

Readers and researchers

can discover, read

online and order rare and out-of-print books

that would otherwise be difficult or impossible

to find.

Libraries

can preserve priceless collections

and provide broader access both online and

through new distribution channels.

Publishers

can affordably make any title

on their entire backlist available again to

readers and book buyers.

Original scan ned image

Processed by BookPrep

Readers can search,

fin d an d buy af fordable,

clean copies o f boo ks

that were previously out

of print. They can order

thro ugh bookprep.com,

Amazon, or other

distribution partners.

“The most important factor in developing a

sustainable digital library is putting content

first: preserving it, providing access to it, and

ensuring its continued value and relevance as

publishing technologies and formats evolve.

Our partnership with HP BookPrep is part of

this strategy, helping us turn scanned archival

content into clean copies ready for print

distribution.

With BookPrep we can make rare, out-of-

print books from 700,000 digital files in the

University’s collection available to interested

readers quickly and affordably, through

bookprep.com and via Amazon.”

Maria Bonn, Associate University Librarian for

Publishing, University of Michigan Library

Bringing Rare Books Back into Print

BookPrep is a web service that turns raw scans of

rare, out-of-print material into high-quality books.

• Eliminates the preparation cost that has up to

now been prohibitive for very short run, on- demand

printing.

• More than half a million titles processed

to date for university libraries and independent

publishers.

Cleaning Up the Scanned Pages

of Old, Worn Books

Raw scanned images contain artifacts due to wear

and age, and new imperfections can be introduced

during the scanning process. BookPrep has developed

more than 25 patented technologies to automate

the cleaning and processing of books, including the

following enhancements:

• Yellowing and artifacts are converted to crisp,

clean white pages.

• Faded colors are restored to clarity and vibrancy.

• Pages that are skewed in the scanning process are

straightened, and page edges are detected.

• Blurred text is sharpened.

Different print qualities can be produced according to

customer preference and need. In all cases, dramatic

improvements in quality can be anticipated.

BookPrep – The Missing Link

between archival scans and

quality printed books

Millions of out-of-print books have been lost or

are collecting dust in libraries around the world.

Fortunately, these pages of our collective history and

imagination are being captured by massive book

preservation projects, scanning them into a digital

archive, page by yellowed page.

This presents an enormous opportunity for increased

public access to printed copies of rare and hard-to-

find books.

Archival scans don’t translate directly into quality

printed books; some processing is required. A reprint

of these scans will typically lack the authenticity of the

fragile original, but will reflect the aging and wear

and tear, as well as new imperfections introduced in

the scanning process. Manually cle aning scans page-

by-page is prohibitively expensive for a rare book that

might be printed and ordered in quantities as small as

a single copy.

BookPrep provides the missing link between scanned

pages and high-quality books. It makes titles available

at several levels of production value, allowing readers

both economical access to hard-to-find books and the

option to own a high-value, highest quality facsimile

of an original book. Books can be located and

ordered via the bookprep.com website, or through

one of multiple distribution channels, including

Amazon.com and content partners such as the

Hathi Trust (www.hathitrust.org)

BookPrep Print Quality:

What to Expect

There’s an enormous amount of processing involved

in cleaning the digital scans of original material and

formatting them into a print-ready file. BookPrep’s

automation of these processes allows readers to

access out-of-print titles extremely affordably. Direct

copies of scanned material are available instantly for

purchase on the bookprep.com website. As BookPrep

processes and cleans the collection, these higher

quality books, with straighter pages and sharper,

brighter text and colors are also then made available

to readers and buyers. There are some cases in

which more labor-intensive processing of scans are

appropriate. In these copies, known as Facsimiles,

BookPrep’s automated processes are augmented by

human attention, correcting errors like out-of-order

pages.

Readers can search,

find and buy affordable,

clean copies of out of print books.

They can order through

bookprep.com,

Amazon,

or other distribution partners.

Readers can preview

and read books

online using the

bookprep reader

“Original editions of printed books have

an authentic emotional and aesthetic value,

whether you’re talking about an old children’s

book, historical cookbooks, or rare political

or military subjects.

BookPrep helps libraries bring old books

back to life affordably. It preserves essential

qualities: the language, illustrations, fonts.

If you can sell even ten copies of a special-

interest book that is long out-of print, that’s

ten very happy patrons you’ve created,

and new life for content that was buried in

the shelves.”

Phil Zuckerman, Publisher, Applewood Books

Readers can search,

find and buy affordable,

clean copies of out of print books.

They can order through

bookprep.com,

Amazon,

or other distribution partners.

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My Collection’s Been Scanned –

Now What?

An Over view of BookPrep’s Value

Proposition for Libraries

• A simple, on-demand service for preserving old

books and offering new access to rare, high-value,

out- of-print titles.

• Book quality; restores and retains the integrity

of the original print version and represents your

brand well.

• The ability to make annotated manuscripts and

special limited editions available at affordable

prices.

• No-hassle, turnkey business solution. BookPrep

manages retrieving scans, through book processing,

distribution, printing and sales, at no cost to you.

Royalty payments, based on sales, are made

monthly.

• A simple non-exclusive agreement, offering broad

distribution options through HP’s multichannel,

partner network including bookprep.com,

Amazon and Ingram.

• BookPrep is an invested marketing partner for

you, focusing on promoting and driving demand

for books, and finding target audiences for select

categories of content.

• Ease of doing business. You choose the printer,

or leverage HP’s network.

Limited Run Editions

BookPrep makes it possible to produce limited-run

publications with high-value content.

To learn more about HP BookPrep visit www.bookprep.com

The New York Public Library produced a

limited run edition of a prayer book, Seder

Hagadah shel Pesah , for a special event,

working in partnership with AppleWood

Books and BookPrep.