I didn't attend the conference call but I did read the notes and responded by email; to my mind improving the time it takes to Approve a book is the most important thing, (though making sure the Renew option is available comes close; but that can be worked around; we can always get out book back from the download list; but print books have either to be returned to the library or returned to the scanner who mailed them to us; I don't remember now exactly how long it took me to be able to return to the scanner the books she had sent me (some of that time, of course, I was using them to proof, but a lot of the time I was waiting for them to be approved; in the meantime, she didn't have them to be able to get more books frompaperback swap On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > It took 4-5 weeks for my last book to finally be accepted and put into the > collection. I know Madeleine is busy, but it seems a bit excessive, > precisely for the reason Cindy gives--submitters send the book back to the > library. > It took about a month for Dharma Vahini to come bouncing back, too. > Tracy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:33 PM > *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] lenght of time between acceptance and > approval of a book > > Does anyone happen to know how long after the Action shown in the history > of a book is "Accept" it is Approved and one gets such a notice? The date > of the "Accept action is April 2 and today is the 9th; I suppose I'd > better renew the library book if it will be quitett a lot longer before I > get an aApproval notie > >