Here's how the Internet Archive does it: https://archive.org/details/InternetArchive-Tour https://archive.org/details/InternetArchive-Tour The only thing not a

Here's how the Internet Archive does it: https://archive.org/details/InternetArchive-Tour https://archive.org/details/InternetArchive-Tour The only thing not automated is turning the pages. Books come in a wide range of sizes and materials, they may be damaged or fragile, etc. Human hands are dexterous and self-repairing. I believe they did experiment with automated page turning at one point, though I don't know the details.