Also, having to constantly check back to be able to renew the book must be incredibly frustrating. Especially if you have other real life issues that you have to deal with, checking back constantly to see if you can renew your book would take a lower priority. And indeed, many people have had their books expire only to have them snatched up by someone else who doesn't put all the work and effort into fixing up everything that needs done to the book. Lots of times holds are for a very good reason, like handwritten parts need typed in, fractions need fixed, formatting work needs done, etc. And as we all know, people don't respect holds all of the time, and if there is no hold, the person who snatches up the book doesn't even know what needs done to the book and may just submit it for approval without all of the work being done. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: The Sewing Circles of Herat by Christina Lamb See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html 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.