Best Scan for Cover Art?

Hello, I have about 1000 cds in my iTunes Library. Some I can not find the Cover Art anywhere on line. I have tried to scan them myself but they always come out at not the best quality. Can anyone suggest the scanning resolution that works the best for high quality cover art?
THANKS!
MacPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   2.5TB, 5GB ram

I've scanned many of my own CDs, when I couldn't fine
a nice image online.
I believe Apple uses 500 pixels square, but I use 750
pixels square as it looks better on a large monitor
or my AppleTV. Depending on your scanning software,
you may be able to directly specify the pixel size,
or you might have to set the dpi instead. In that
case, use something between 100 and 125 dpi. In
either case, be the final scan is exactly square (ie
750 x 750 not 750 x 748), as it improves the
performance of CoverFlow.
Apple's iTunes Store uses 600x600 pixels but in the dim and distant past used 300x300, most if not by now all, have been upgraded to 600x600. For your information Amazon and Walmart both use 500x500 pixels, and yech Windows Media Player uses a pathetic 200x200 pixels.
Note also that Amazon has a nasty habit of putting white borders top and bottom.

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