Hi Alexis, First of all, welcome aboard. As of late validated books have been receiving approvals relatively quickly. Sometimes with conferences the staff can get behind and books can take longer. I would hopefully expect books validated right now to receive approvals within a week. It is always possible that instead of approving the book, the administrator will send the book back to the step 1 download page for verification of some kind. Unfortunately, you won't get an email telling you this has happened. To guard against this you can check the step 1 downlload page every few days to see if your book is there again. If you have questions, please feel free to post them. Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexis Read To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question from a newbie Hi all, I became a bookshare volunteer yesterday and have submitted and validated several books. I have submitted 5 books and validated 2. I was wonderring how long it takes an administrator to approve the submissions from the time they were submitted. Thanks, Alexis Alexis Read alexisread@xxxxxxxxx "Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." John Cotton ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.2/372 - Release Date: 6/21/2006