An interesting idea for sure, even if not suited for our model. In our case there would be legal issues as well, as sighted volunteers do not have rights to access these books outside of scanning and validation purposes. All good things, Pavi Mehta Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare Benetech 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201 Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA Phone: +1 650 644-3459 pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.benetech.org The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity A Nonprofit Organization ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:14 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: please honor hold for Can volunteers get to unvalidated books without taking them off of the list? I think some people may want to read something before a validator has gotten to it and won't worry about various recognition issues. It could be a privilege for volunteers who want to read something sooner than later. It's just an idea of which I have many and only a small portion of them are worth anything <smile>. cdh 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.