Nan, it is ok. That first book you validate is always the hardest. If you have already picked a book to validate, go ahead and open it up in the software of your choice. Then have a look at it. Does it have the required page breaks? If so, make sure there is a blank line before and after each page break. You can do this in Word by replacing ^m with ^p^m^p. If it has page numbers, make sure there is a blank line before and after each page number. This can be trickier to do if the page numbers are at the bottom of the page, but you can make a macro to accomplish this. If they are at the top of the page, it is easier to add a blank line after the page number with a replace all. Does the book have repeating headers (for example, the title of the book at the top of each page, or the author's name, etc.)? If so, remove those. Are the page numbers at the bottom of the pages? If so, protect the chapter headings by placing something on the line above the Chapter. For example, you might want to have the text read: page break blank line chapter (the bookshare tools will strip out this line, protecting the following line) Chapter 1 text of page blank line page number blank line page break Are there many tabs in the document? Tabs will be removed by the Bookshare tools, so replace the tabs with a space if it is going to cause a problem, such as in columns or tables. Do a spell check of the book, or read the book, to try to discover scanning errors. A spell check is good, but reading the book is better, because many scannos are actual words which will not be caught by the spell checker. When you are satisfied with the book, there are just a few more things. Make sure there is a copyright page. From the info on the copyright page, compare it to a source such as www.loc.gov to make sure the copyright information is correct as put in to the copyright holder and date form when it was submitted. Be sure the copyright holder is listed exactly as on the copyright page. It isn't always the author. As you are uploading (step 2) your book, also check that the title and author are spelled correctly. You can't always do this by listening to the title or name, you have to check the spelling. You can usually verify it with a library's card catalog or amazon.com. Be sure to list the author's name as the regular name, for example Danielle Steele, not Steele, Danielle. Then, submit the book for final approval by an administrator. I might have missed a few other things that others check for in the reading/checking of the book, and I am sure someone will add more to this. Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading - Just Desserts (a Savannah Reid mystery) by G A McKevett