For those considering large scale book digitisation, and the purchase of a book scanner, this brief report will help consider the pros and cons of some of the main book scanners currently available on the market. Julian Ball, the author of the report, attended an event at the Munich Digitisation Centre (18-10 June 2008) where four vendors exhibited and demonstarted their scanners: Qidenus, Kirtas, Treventus and 4DigitalBooks. The report lists basic specifications for each scanner, ...