I recently validated a book that had about 20 blank pages in the preliminary section; these followed a couple of pages of information. I left this alone but I wonder if the submitter could eliminate these pages which serve absolutely no purpose. I know about preserving the book as much as possible but saving these pages not only seems pointless but, at least for the braille reader, simply wastes time. Since I don't expect to get a ruling on this from Bookshare, I would be interested to know what the rest of you scanners do. Jill