Lissi, The only thing I know to do is to hold the book down with your hand fairly hard but not so hard that you might break the glass. If there's a hard binding, press it so the book is as flat as can be. Unfortunately, if the page is fairly wide, pressing the book at the binding can leave the edges not pressed hard enough. This is why some words or parts or words or lines are missing in some books -- because people don't press the binding or pages down. Cindy > Also, can anyone suggest how to flatten a book to > get the best scan? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/