Hey Reggie, I feel as you. I am considering scanning but am still somewhat leery. I would want to get it right and the scans I do for myself are awful at best. I already know that a lot of it has to do with my scan setting for Open Book and although I am doing the "research" to get corrected there is still the problem that exist. As far as Roger's comment about the "hold fors" on the list; as a first time volunteer I felt like this community was cliquish when I went on the list to check out a book. There where so many "hold fors" and I didn't know what it meant. I have since ditched that impression and decided to work on whatever I can. I didn't find anything I was interested in proffing at first and just checked out a book to get started with the proofing process-I have since ditched that format as well. Now as a volunteer it takes me what I can only explain as forever because I am always checking and re-reading my proofs to the point that the times that I do not get on line, my book expires and with the quickness it gets taken by another volunteer. I said this to say that honestly the hold fors don't really bother that much since the books that have hold fors on them are not in my interest anyway. Most of the books that I am interested in does not seem to be books that someone on this list will pick up and that is fine and the reason why I am considering scanning. I only hope to develop a relationship with a proofer that would like to proof the book for me. S/N: this stems from a conversation that we have in most of the book club I am in. All but 2 of us are blind and the blind/v.i. people use book share to get their reading material. There are not many books in one of the genres we like to read. Netta "Just because you are blind does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder 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.