Scanning magazine without cutting off the binding.

[aimeeandbeatles]

OK so I got my magazine today. Obviously I dont want to tear it apart. However when I try to scan it the edges whhere the binding is come out blurry. How do I get it not-blurry?

EDIT: Though I might consider removing the binding if theres a way to re-bind it.

ANOTHER EDIT: I found this on page 6-7 of Google:
http://www.retromags.com/pages/Guides/scanning

Ill give the "scanning a bound magazine" thing a try when I get home

 

[Cutlass]

Just put enough weight on the binding so that the image is flat to the scanner at the seam.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I did that. I used one of my textbooks. This is the result (I resized it). Look OK?

 

[Cutlass]

Fine. You may want to make your scans larger if you want to read the articles on the screen. And you can trim off the extra parts.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah, the original is actually something like 5x larger, I just shrunk it down to upload here.