Jake, I?ve notice the Step 1 list shrinking as well. I think it?s probably due to books being processed and Carrie?s being tied up with bestsellers and playing bridge. It?s amazing how fast it can shrink sometimes when Carrie isn?t adding forty books a week to it and how fast it grows when she does. <Smile> Gerald _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jake Brownell Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:58 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Step 1 Languishers Hi all, Firstly, I'd like to applaud the work the BookShare Team and Volunteers have done in the first quarter of 2006! This year is definitely shaping up to be a good one from all the signs we've seen so far, ie. increased funding that will allow BookShare to begin work on meeting some long term goals. That said, I'm happy to report that the Step 1 page has been less than 400 books for a few days now. I'm hoping this is because books aren't sitting around on it forever, and not that people are working on 15 books at a time. And, that said, I know some of you have been wanting to root out the titles that have been on the page for a long time. I've compiled a list of the tob 27 books that have been there since before February 2005. And actually a couple of the books were submitted as early as January 2004! title author The Mystery of Capital Hernando de Soto Early Greek Thinking. Martin Heidegger Digital Fortress Dan Brown Essentials of Corporate Finance Ross Westerfield and Jordan "Hands Heal: Communication, Documentation, and Insurance Billing for Manual Therapists, Second Edition." "Thompson, Diana L. LMP (Licensed Massage Therapist, Seattle, WA" Range Management; Principles & Practices "Holechek, Pieper, and Herbel" Changing Japanese Attitudes Toward Modernization Marius B. Jansen (editor) Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation Karl Taro Greenfeld Reflexive Methodology: New Vistas for Qualitative Research Mats Alvesson and Kaj Skoldberg Our Arcadia Robin Lippincott Physical Education & Sport in a Changing World William Freeman Business Hits on the Web 2003-2004 with Excercises Jerry Furniss The Triumph of Elohim (Diana Vikander Edelmaeditor)n All That is Solid Melts into Air: the Experience of Modernity Marshall Berman Forms of Talk Erving Goffman Applescript in a Nutshell Bruce W. Perry Cafe Nostalgia Valdés Zoé Gabriel's Discovery Felicia Mason Language of the Heart Bill W Rome's Revenge Sara Craven Brilliance of the Moon Lian Hearn Flower Girls "Janet Dailet, Et Al." Speaking Culturally: Explorations in Social Comm. Gerry Philipsen Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text (third edition) Michael Quinn Patton Untilization Focused Evaluation Micheal Quinn Patton "Critical Issues in Special Education: Access, Diversity, and Accountability" "AUDREY McCRAY SORRELLS, HERBERT J. RIETH, PAUL T. SINDELAR" Remember Names Dale Carnegie Yeah, I know a lot of these titles look boring and generally unappealing. The only one I have personal experience with is the Mystery of Capital. The book has lots of split words and little things that need correcting. If someone were interested in cleaning up the book it would be doable, and that's the only reason I didn't reject it. BTW this list was ordered with the oldest books at the top. Happy Volunteering! Jake