But then, Mike, perhaps they (i,e, those people who scan for themselves and don't fix them before submission) shouldn't submit them. They get $2.50 credit toward their membership, and the work, or lack of it they do, isn't worth it --whereas if anyone bothers to validate those books and fix them, that person only gets 50 cents credit and does much more work. I don't know whether, if a person's submission is rejected, that person still gets the credit for the submission or not. In some cases, the book may not be rejected for quite some time, so I suspect it would be hard to take away the credit. It seems to me that if a person is scanning books for his/her own pleasure reading and doesn't care about making it at least minimally readable for other people he/she shouldn't submit the book. Cindy > (2) Many people scan books for themselves for their > own reading as a > primary intent. Submitting it to BookShare is a > secondary intent. > Hence, the person doesn't wish to devote > extra time or effort in preparing the book > and BookShare receives it "as is." ... > > Both are valid approaches to scanning and > sub hence, we > shouldn't fault submitters for material submitted > prepared for their own > use that they wish to share (hence the name > BookShare). >... > And with literally hundreds of romance novels > published monthly, and if > someone wanted to read many of them for themselves, > I can understand > why they'd take the fast unchecked approach to > scanning them for > themselves. > > > > > Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html