Sounds like your using the newer (PoP?) research recipes when you should be using the old ones. The old, classic research recipes are MUCH more simple. Go to
http://www.thesilversandbox.net/p1999/main.php and look at the research link for your class. I assume you are an enchanter? I'd use this recipe link:
http://www.crys.org/everquest/spells/researchenc.asp
Basically, all you need to do is combine the necessary pages in your tome. No quills, bloodstones or anything weird; Just the pages.
Hope that helps