Katie, I think what you're submitting and validating will earn you credits toward your next year's membership. Unless things have changed, I think you're allowed to accrue for one year ahead. Cindy - > I now have my second but still > keep submitting and > validating. Bookshare is a wonderful resource. > > > Katie Hill > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > "Come to the edge" > > "We can't; we will fall" > > "Come to the edge" > > "We can't; We're afraid" > > "Come to the edge" > > And they came. > > And he pushed them. > > And they flew. > > - Anonomous > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of siss52 > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:08 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > know they can submit > without being members > > > If I remember correctly, quite sometime ago Shelley > posted that she > submitted until she had enough credits to pay for > her first year's > subscription because she was a student and did not > have the money to pay for > > a subscription. Is that right, Shelley, or is my > memory failing me? I do > not want to put words in your mouth. <smile> > > Sue S. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:43 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > know they can submit > without being members > > > I submitted a couple of books before paying my > membership fee. Perhaps you > should ask these people where they got the idea that > they couldn't. It just > didn't occur to me that I couldn't submit books > before paying. There's > absolutely nothing anywhere on the site that even > implies that you need to > pay before submitting, only downloading. > > I submitted books that I knew weren't in the > collection. Since I didn't > know about the validation part at the time, I might > have been wasting my > time scanning books that were already out for > validation or in the admin > queue, but I apparently got lucky on that score. > Still, it would be good if > members and nonmembers wanting to submit something > could input a title and > get a message back telling them if the book is out > for validation, waiting > for administrator approval, or not in the system at > all. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:04 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > know they can submit > without being members > > > > Seemed odd to me but I have heard it now from > several blind folks. Some > > of them work for agencies and software > manufacturers too so the feeling > > must be widespread. The part about haveing to be > a member to search > > worries me almost as much as the part about having > to be a member to > > submit. I am also concerned that k1000 and > bookshare do not work closely > > together. For instnace, it would be nice to > somehow be able to input a > > title before scanning it and search quickly for it > in the bookshare > > database even if you are not a member. that way, > someone new to scanning > > can make sure the bookshare collection does not > include the book before > > beginning the process of scanning. > > > > How closely does bookshare work with the makers of > scanning packages, > > particularly those made for disabled users? > > > > E. > > > > 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > 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. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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.