joanie There are 2 kinds of book submitters: (1) Many of us, on this list, scan our books with the intention of primarily submittinglbooks to BookShare. In some instances, like many of the books Shelley does, they would never be scanned if there were no BookShare as she scans them with the main intent that they end up here. Hence, in situations such as these, extra care and attention is given to the work. (2) Many people scan books for themselves for their own reading as a primary intent. Submitting it to BookShare is a secondary intent. Hence, the person doesn't wish to devote extra time or effort in preparing the book and BookShare receives it "as is." Both are valid approaches to scanning and submitting. Whether BookShare on its end should accept these books into the collection is a separate issue. However, it must be remembered that not everyone who submits books scans them with the primary intent that they end up on Bookshare; hence, we shouldn't fault submitters for material submitted prepared for their own use that they wish to share (hence the name BookShare). With more and more books being prepared, however, and limited volunteer and staff time to accept material for inclusion, it is only natural that the standards of what is deemed acceptible is continually being raised. And with literally hundreds of romance novels published monthly, and if someone wanted to read many of them for themselves, I can understand why they'd take the fast unchecked approach to scanning them for themselves.