Why do arrow keys quit working during a reading session

I've noticed many times while reading that when I first open a book I can use arrow keys to scroll and turn pages. But after while that quits working and I have to use the readers paging and scrolling tools. Which is much more difficult to me since you have to focus on finding them. Whereas with the arrow keys my hands just know here they are.
I haven't yet discovered what causes the arrow keys to quit working, but once they have the only way I've found to get them woking again is to completely close the book and reopen it.

I have noticed this also. I am using OS X 10.6.1 and Digital Editions 1.7.1.1085.
I have tried many things to get the arrow keys working, on the assumption that I had done something to deactivate them. Now, however, I suspect this is a bug.
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