[Paul C. Jesup]

Well first King has sold some books directly off the internet. Second transfering a paperback or hardback book to the internet would be so time consuming (is will take at least half a day using a PC scanner for a short 100 plus page book) that it would not be worth it.

[PaxMacian]

Not so slow these days, nor time consuming.
About 50 pages in 17 minutes to scan and about 30 more to OCR. Or about a page a minute without having to be there most of the time.
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=scanmaker+5950