Shelley, My suggestion would be just to make sure the copyright info is there and that all the pages are there, none duplicated or missing, do a spell-check and eliminated the garbage. and submit. I guess that's the minimum. Hopefully the validator will want to read it and correct it. One problem with history (you didn't say what kid of nonfction) books is that dates usually don't scan well, but you might find those with a spell-check. Also, science books can have problems with dates, formulas, scientific words. If the validator feels there are too many problems and it should be rejected, I gather you'll get a notice and then you can do it yourself when you have time. *Or* don't worry about the pile; leave the books until you do have time to do them thoroughly. Perhaps post a list and see if anyone wants any one of them now, and is willing to validate it, and just submit that/those books. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:43:05 -0400 To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book Editing short cuts O.k. I am getting um, buried under a pile of scanned but not quite ready to submit books. I have Kurzweil 8 and I am awaiting my copy of nine, come on Mr. Post man, smile. Anyway, what "short cuts" could I use to get these books which are for the most part great scans ready for bookshare without reading them thoroughly? As I do read a lot of my stuff thoroughly and fix on the fly using the BN, but it is a time consuming process. Would love some pointers. They are mostly nonfiction books. And on average about three hundred pages. Thanks. And do you all add words that you know are spelled right to the spelling dictionary in Kurzwiel or leave it alone. Thanks. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10