Hi, when you validate, you don't get any sort of notice. I just know because I either see it on the new books page, or I look at my credits. If you are talking about the submission of a book you have scanned, you get a notice I think. Natalie ----- Original Message ----- From: Tina Birnenbaum To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book approval? Hi. For people who've had books approved, are you notified by e-mail or do you just have to look on the pages to see? I've only had one book approved that I've tried validating and camn't remember how I saw it I think just on the new book page. Just curious how others find that out. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Hovas To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some category info Lissi, I don't know when Bookshare hit 23,000, but Gustavo sent a notice on June 14 that Bookshare had reached 22,500, and there was a big announcement on the website back in January when Bookshare reach 20,000. 1000 books by the end of the year should be easy since, from what I've noticed, Gustavo approves around 400 to 500 books a month, and we have three months left in 2005. Things will probably slow down around Thanksgiving and probably come to a crawl in mid to late December, but I still think we'll reach 25,000 by the end of the year with no problem. It will be interesting to see when we do reach 25,000. Gerald P.S. Here's Gustavo's notice from back in June. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gustavo Galindo Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:05 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare.org now has over 22,500 books gentlepeople, thanks to a night of very little sleep (i blame the hot weather), i approved a mess of books last night/this morning. we have surpassed the 22,500 live books mark that we were aiming for by the start of the summer conventions the first week of July. we've met that goal a few weeks ahead of schedule, it seems! thanks for your hard work, your fun in sharing your passions for books, and for your participation in this awesome community. so, what's our next goal? gustavo -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Estelnalissi Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:11 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some category info Dear Janice and Gerald, It's inspiring to be updated on the number of books in the collection. A thousand books before 2006 sounds like a tall order. Would any of you who enjoy statistics and are good at research be willing to find out how long it took to add the previous thousand titles, as in going from 23 to 24 thousand books? Thanks, Gerald, for the good news that we've reached 24 thousand. Janice, I loved your post listing the number of books in the various categories. I love contemplating numbers, comparing categories and being happy that some of my favorites are well stocked. I'll be referring to your list from time to time. Thank you again for compiling and sending it. Always With Love, Lissi ----- Original Message ----- From: Janice Carter To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some category info This will give you a rough idea of books in the collection by category.... Bookshare.org Books by Categories Animals............................................................................................................................................... 757 Art and Architecture........................................................................................................................... 98 Biographies and Memoirs........................................................................................................... 1,649 Business and Finance..................................................................................................................... 294 Children's Books........................................................................................................................... 2,478 Computers and Internet.................................................................................................................. 775 Cooking, Food and Wine............................................................................................................... 161 Disability-Related.............................................................................................................................. 547 Entertainment.................................................................................................................................... 246 Gay and Lesbian.............................................................................................................................. 523 Health, Mind and Body.................................................................................................................... 686 History............................................................................................................................................. 2,545 Home and Garden.............................................................................................................................. 56 Horror................................................................................................................................................. 314 Literature and Fiction................................................................................................................... 9,073 Military................................................................................................................................................ 483 Mystery and Thrillers.................................................................................................................... 3,446 Nonfiction....................................................................................................................................... 5,446 Outdoors and Nature....................................................................................................................... 293 Parenting and Family...................................................................................................................... 369 Poetry................................................................................................................................................. 343 Professional and Technical............................................................................................................ 366 Reference.......................................................................................................................................... 416 Religion and Spirituality............................................................................................................... 1,268 Romance........................................................................................................................................ 1,572 Science.............................................................................................................................................. 470 Science Fiction and Fantasy..................................................................................................... 3,665 Self-Help............................................................................................................................................. 516 Sports................................................................................................................................................. 163 Teens.................................................................................................................................................. 867 Textbooks and Educational Materials........................................................................................... 950 Travel.................................................................................................................................................. 173 Westerns............................................................................................................................................ 262 Janice -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:48 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books What are the percentages in the various categories? Does anybody know? ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald Hovas To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books Gustavo doesn't show it on Bookshare's home page yet, but I happened to do a couple of searches using the Advanced Search page earlier and found that the collection has 23,774 books in English and 274 books in Spanish. That's a total of 24,048 books in the collection. That leabes three and a half months to break the goal of 25,000 by the end of the year. Gerald To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.