The app will work on any device that has a camera flash — we need good lighting for the computer vision algorithms to process the images correctly. But that doesn't mean you need to read on that device... the ebooks we deliver via email can be loaded onto any device. So if you have a smartphone you should be able to…

Getting the publishers on board is a slow process. Cue a pun about books and long shelf lives... We have 224 publishers on board (as of this morning). And in all honesty, the more users who've downloaded the app and taken shelfies, the easier it is for us to convince publishers that bundling is a good idea. Users &…

Glad you like the concept! And I agree it's not for every book... if you have an autographed first edition, you probably don't want to write in it. But if it's a mass market paperback that won't fit in your carry on, and you're about to leave for the airport, then it's not so bad.

That's right... the app looks for one (and only one) name per page. So I guess it's a good idea to check the copyright page for names when you browse at the second hand book store.

We have a couple of Military History publishers (Osprey, and Casemate)... is there a specific publisher that we should work on for you? As for Sci-Fi, we have Angry Robot, but haven't yet been able to sign up Tor/Forge. We're working on them though. Stay tuned.

Send an email to support@bitlit.com and I'll see what I can do for you.

The app is currently available in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, and South Africa... but we haven't ventured into non-English language markets yet. The #shelfie and book recognition algorithms are currently tuned for the English language books-in-print database, so they'd do pretty poorly on a shelf with…

Thanks for the kudos... I'll share with the team :)

While it won't do it in that direction, bitlit.com will do it in the other direction: you own the physical book, and bitlit will let you get the ebook for cheap/free.