[clockman]

There are DIY book scanners (http://diybookscanner.org) and products such as the Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600. The SV600 has decent features like page-detection and finger-removal (I recommend using a pencil's eraser tip). I have personally used it to scan dozens of books, with satisfactory results.

[agumonkey]

Just saw a father who had to do it fully manually for her blind daughter. I shall show your comment to him.