Patti The Plustek OpticBook 3600 is a book edge scanner. It's especially designed to scan books without breaking the book binding. The OpticBook is also much quieter then the Epson. The down side is the 3600 cost about $100 more. With the OpticBook I have experienced almost no rescans of pages. Jim B Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Patti Johnson To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning Well now, I don't feel so bad, thanks, Jill. I just don't think my hands are strong enough to hold down the book like that all the time. I have a flatbed scanner, not the legal size kind, those are hard to find it seems. However once I have to get a new scanner, I am seriously thinking about the Epson. THanks to everybody who responded to my questions and who continue to respond, you are very n ice to put up with my crazy questions! Patti Me and my guide dog; He does a good job, He keeps me safe So life is just great For me and my guide dog.