Hmm my estimation was 500 but hey, that's still cool 260 very happy people. Jake, who has only read through chapter 11 not wishing to rush through all in one go. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gustavo Galindo To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] a numbers update on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince gentlepeople, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince went live on the Bookshare.org site at: 2005-07-16 11:48:55-07 i updated the Bookshare.org homepage at around 11:50 AM announcing that the book was available. i sent out a message to the volunteer and general lists at 11:57. however, the first download of the book occurred at 7/16/2005 11:50:48 AM. as of midnight last night, Sunday, 17 July, 2005, 36 hours after the book got published, 260 distinct users had downloaded the book. gustavo