First, go to the PhotoReading section of our http://www.learningstrategies.com website and read the article "Works on all Material." That should give you insight to the activation process. Often, beginning PhotoReaders give up activation too soon in the process.

Then come back and ask more questions.

But, more importantly, you must have a purpose. Otherwise, why read a book? You need to know why you are reading the book. What do you hope to gain from it? What do you want to accomplish as a result of learning the information in the book? Are you looking for specific pieces of information?