Good description Mike. The main thing is to find page 1 in the book, then you can check the table of contents to see if everything after that is where it is supposed to be. This way you can find missing pages or duplicated pages. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:52 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing pages There may be something missing, but you can probably just add blank pages since the necessary pages are there. The blank pages are usually the even numbered pages. So, many books look something like this i Page with just title on it ii blank page iii Title page with title, author and publisher iv Copyright page v Dedication vi blank page vii table of contents viii blank page Pages at the beginning that have pictures or maps or something like that may also have been deleted. Or you could try to contact the person who scanned the book and ask what comes before the preface. On 5/15/2011 12:00 PM, Wanda Cochran wrote: > Hello. I have a question about proofing a book, specifically how to > handle missing pages at the beginning. There seems to be all the > necessary info like a title page, copyright page, dedications and > such, but the pages don't match up. The contents say that the preface > is supposed to be on page "xii," but it is only starting on page eight > of the file, like there are missing blank pages, because everything > else is there that is necessary. Should I insert blank pages, so the > numbering lines up? > Wanda To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.