--Stacey, If yhou've been approved as a volunteer, you can validate, in the meantime. If you find a book on the download list you'd like to read, you'll be doing both. And you get to keep the book you're validating, after you finish and upload it, which mean is won't count against your membership -- and you also get 50 cents (not enough, we all agree) toward your next year's membership fee. Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com