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The incentive is literally that it's cheaper to scan, that's all.
But given they're only interested in books with ISBN's, I recon they're already scanned and available in digital forms. If they're newer than the 80s, they're most likely in a document file in a server related to the publisher.
Honestly surprised they'd rather source physical books, than just request various publishers for a price for their combined works - Only reason I can think of, is the physical scan makes other scans like a mobile photo easier to recognise and respond correctly to