Hi Gary, thanks for that advice. Luckily my scanner is fixed now, Grandmamma jiggled something and it started working yay! I'll keep that in mind however when scanning paperbacks. Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Petraccaro To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:51 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanner broke If I'm scanning a mass market paperback, (the typical size of most paperbacks), I make sure to break the book in. The book won't look great after doing this, but it saves from having to press too hard when holding it down in two-page mode. I start at the middle of the book and fold it back upon itself until the covers meet and hold it for a few seconds. After that, I go 10-20 pages in both directions and do the same thing until I reach the covers, one half at a time. I've only hurt one scanner over quite a long spell. ----- Original Message ----- From: Julia To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanner broke Hi people. I was scanning a book today and I accidentally pressed down too hard on it and now the head won't work, wah! Now I'll have to call the place where I got it and hope they repaired it. Let's hope I don't have to mail it all the way to plustek! That'd be expensive and I've heard too many horror stories about that company for my liking. It may just be cheaper to get a new scanner, but I heard that they're having problems with them, from Laura Anne's email, so I guess I'll just have to get this one fixed. Hopefully it won't cost too much. Julia