Natalie and Kasondra, Yes, the books on the Step 1 page need validating, and the books on the Step 2 page are your list of books that you are in the process of validating. Marissa's list, the list that Sue mentioned, is a list of books which are being validated and books which have been validated and are waiting for approval. It can be found at http://members.cox.net/booksharescans/Marissa.html. You'll also want to check to make sure that there isn't more than one copy of the book you're downloading on the Step 1 page. Not everyone checks the lists before submitting, and sometimes a submitter thinks their submission failed to upload due to an internet problem, and they submit a second copy of their book by accident. Kasondra, You'll probably want to join the volunteer list where Sue replied to Natalie. The instructions for joining the list should be in the file that Marissa sent you. Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of siss52 Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 6:03 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A question about validating books Hi Natalie, Guido said not long ago that there are no stupid questions here. What you said is basically correct. However, if you download a book from Step 1 you should check the collection for bookshare.org to make sure it is not a duplicate. Also, Marissa's List to see if another copy might be awaiting approval. If you do not see yoour selected book, go to it!!! <smile> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Natalie" <nataliesgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A question about validating books Hi everyone. I just got email back from Morissa, and it had all the instructions for downloading books to validate. Now, I'm probably going to show my ignorance, but all the books listed on the step one download page still need to be validated right? Sorry for what probably seems like a stupid question, but this is my first time doing this so I don't want to screw this up. Natalie Check out my live journal by going to: http://braillereader.livejournal.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005