Yes, you need to scan both sides of each page. Especially if it is in the body of the text - that is, after the preliminary pages, you want to keep even the blank pages so that the page numbering comes out right when the books are processed for braille translation and Daisy navigation. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Wildcat To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 12:57 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanning When you scan a book, Do you have to scan the front and back side of each page to make sure that you don't miss any part of the book during the scan?