🎬
Smart Extraction
Frame-by-frame OCR with confidence scoring and a manual fallback for edge cases. Process up to 5 videos in batch on the free tier.
Bibliotheca Modern · Private Beta
Your bookshelf,
Your bookshelf,
digitized in a single pan.
Flip through your books or pan across a shelf. ShelfScanner reads the spines, looks up every title, and curates a beautiful, searchable library you actually want to open.
★★★★★ 4.9 from beta readers
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Works on iPhone, Android & desktop
Detected
The Idiot
Elif Batuman
Loved by readers in
📚 Brooklyn Book Club·
📖 The Reader's Digest Substack·
🎙 The Stacks Podcast·
📕 Indie Bookstore Coalition·
📚 Bookstagram Collective·
📖 r/books·
🪶 Authors Guild·
📚 Brooklyn Book Club·
📖 The Reader's Digest Substack·
🎙 The Stacks Podcast·
📕 Indie Bookstore Coalition·
📚 Bookstagram Collective
The Magic, in three steps
From shelf to sanctuary.
No barcodes. No typing. Just a video and a few seconds of patience.
01
Pan, flip, or upload.
Open the in-app camera and slowly move across your shelf — or import a video you've already taken. We handle shaky hands.
02
We read the spines.
Computer vision pulls each frame, recognizes titles & authors, then resolves them against an open book database. Confidence scores included.
03
Your private gallery.
Books land in a curated library with cover art, reading progress, virtual shelves, and one-tap sharing as a "Shelfie."
Live, in your browser
See it scan, right now.
Tap the button below — we'll simulate a real scan against a sample shelf. Or upload your own video and we'll walk you through the flow.
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0 books
Tap "Run sample scan" to begin.
My Library · Sample Shelf
Books extracted from this video
Your library is waiting.
Run the demo and watch books appear here in real time.
Demo uses a curated sample shelf. Real scans run against open book databases & resolve confidence per spine.
A private library, refined
Built for people who actually read.
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Virtual Bookshelves
Group your library into "Signed Editions," "To Read," "Lent Out" — anything. Drag, sort, and search instantly.
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Shelfies
One-tap visual exports of your collection — perfect for Instagram, Substack newsletters, and your group chat.
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Reading Progress
Track current reads, log finishes, and run "sprint" timers to actually finish that book on your nightstand.
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Book Clubs
Private group chats, shared reading lists, and event scheduling — all anchored to actual books in your library.
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Library Valuation
Premium. Get rarity scores and an estimated market value across rare-book partners — perfect for insurance.
Complete your collection
Books our scanners loved this week.
Affiliate-supported picks. We earn a small commission when you buy — at no extra cost to you. Every link is a smart link, so we route you to your preferred bookstore.
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
James
Percival Everett
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
All Fours
Miranda July
Pricing
Free to start. Premium when you're hooked.
The Reader
Everything to digitize a personal library.
$0
/ forever
- ✦ 50 scans per month
- ✦ Up to 5 batched videos
- ✦ Virtual bookshelves & search
- ✦ Shelfie export (standard)
- ✦ Book club access (1 club)
Most loved
The Master Curator
Unlimited magic + library valuation.
$6
/ month
- ✦ Unlimited scans & batch processing
- ✦ Library valuation & rarity scores
- ✦ Premium Shelfie themes
- ✦ Cloud sync across devices
- ✦ PDF catalog export (insurance-ready)
- ✦ Goodreads / StoryGraph sync
Annual plan ships at launch — early adopters lock in $48/yr (33% off).
Private Beta — Spring 2026
Reserve your reader handle.
We're letting in 500 readers per week. Join the waitlist for early access, a free month of Master Curator, and our "Build a Better Bookshelf" guide.
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From the beta
"I scanned the back wall of my home library — 612 books — in under 15 minutes. The Shelfie I posted got 1,400 likes. ShelfScanner just turned a chore I'd avoided for years into a flex."
Maya R.
Beta reader · Brooklyn, NY
FAQ
Questions worth asking.
How accurate is the scan? ⌄
In beta tests we hit 94%+ on standard spine fonts, dropping to ~80% on heavy serif or worn paperbacks. Anything below confidence threshold gets flagged for one-tap manual review.
Do you store my videos? ⌄
Free plan processes locally and discards the source video after extraction. Master Curator users can opt in to encrypted cloud sync (AES-256 at rest).
Will it work on a tilted shelf or stacked books? ⌄
Yes — we de-skew frames before OCR and re-orient text up to ±90°. Stacked horizontal books are detected as a separate batch.
Can I sync with Goodreads or StoryGraph? ⌄
Goodreads CSV import is live. StoryGraph + Hardcover sync arrive in Phase 3 (Months 6+).
How are affiliate links handled? disclosure⌄
Buy links route through smart-link partners (Amazon Associates, Bookshop.org). We disclose every sponsored link inline.
Build the library you'll actually open.
Take a video. We'll do the rest. Be among the first 500 readers in this week's beta cohort.