Hi Shannon, Awaiting validation means that anyone who is interested can download the book to review for validation. Out for validation means that a particular book has been downloaded and is currently being reviewed by someone else. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shannon To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] What is gthe difference between awaiting validation and out for validation?