Hello Scott, I am still rather new at scanner. I have about 20 books done and I am finding blank pages are not all the uncommon. For example the page will come up blank and the next page may only have the chapter name. I have also seen a time or two where there are a two sided blank page between chapter or sections. Kaitlyn Level III Practitioner Reconnective healing and the Reconnection Level 1 Reiki healing Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the number of moments that take your breath away:) -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:54 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] strange scanning experience HI all, Just completed scanning a paperback novel which came out quite nice, with the exception of four pages. When I scanned those pages, and I'm using Openbook by the way, all I got back were a few lines of random text. The text immediately before and after the seemingly missing section appears to fit together, so I'm leaning towards the possibility of a couple blank pages in the book. Does this happen often, blank pages in the midst of a novel? I've scanned the book on multiple scanners, using Kurzweil and omnipage as well, and both of those programs thought the pages were blank. Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks, Scott