Hi Darren, When I still had enough vision to use a CCTv, I had the same problem of keeping the book flat enough. I found that a sheet of plexiglass laid down over the book kept it flat enough and freed my hands to operate the CCTV. I wonder if the same would help in your situation. Deborah -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darren Tomblin Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 12:09 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanning question Hi, I was wondering if anyone on here has used a hovercam to scan books. i'm having troulbe keeping a book open to scan it. does anyone have any tips. thanks -- 73, Darren Tomblin (KC9JJJ) dtomblin@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.facebook.com/Darren.kc9jjj 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. 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.