I am always interested when I read that others have submitted a book and then someone wants to validate that particular book. I'm guessing that when you validate you must be reading the entire book? I have only validated a couple of books but I don't read the entire book when I do. I scan through the entire book, especially looking for those paragraph marks at the end of each line, and for anything that Word underlines in red or green (I find that green is often because there is a hyphenated word in the middle of a sentence that somehow didn't get converted). But again, is that a difference just in validation techniques? Should one be reading the entire book for validation? Is that why some books sit in the step one list for months? Does it make a difference if the validator is sighted or non-sighted? I would think that if reading the entire book is required for validating that it would take forever to get books validated. Jamie in Michigan 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.