Thanks. Are you using Openbook as well? I'm pretty sure the Pearl is the source of the problem, but I'm wondering if Kurzweil has better results than Openbook. From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:04 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: recommendations? Nothing beats the OpticBook 3600, in my experience. I work with many very old books with fragile spines and they all come through without a problem! Valerie On Sep 29, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Terra Syslo wrote: Since I am getting terrible results with the Pearl, does anyone have any recommendations for scanners that are fast and yet more accurate? Someone mentioned the Plustek Opticbook, but are there other recommendations anyone can give me? I want to be able to scan paperbacks without destroying the spines of the books, since I get them right now from the library.