Actually my experience is. When I am borrowing a book from the library, I would prefere, smile, a hardcover as you say it can handle the "wear and tear" that i can inflict much better. And if Cindy's paperback is the Mass Market edition that my library had, then I wouldn't want to end up with the same results that she did, smile. That is a book falling apart. Which I have had to deal with before, smile. So i usually do hardcover if I am borrowing it, and paperback for myself as I am cheap, smile. I don't have a Page feeder, but flip each page as I go, I have a Epson 1660 and just scan them on the flat. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Hill" <girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 11:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ressurection Row Shelley, It sounds like you prefer to scan hardbacks more than paperbacks...is this just a personal preference, or do you know if hardbacks are in general more poppular to scan? I have read that the folks who have a page feeder feature on their scanner will most times de-spine paperbacks and then send them through that way. I imagine they wouldn't de-spine hardback books unless they were personal copies that they didn't want to save for a 'sighted' library. The six books I have are all from the library...so easy does it for them! Smile Nancy 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/475 - Release Date: 10/13/2006 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.