Jamie, It's a matter of personal preference and how committed one is to have the best possible quality books in the catalog. In the beginning, the validating requirements were so minimal and scanning was often so poor that a lot of books rated fair ended up in the catalog. Now, however, most people's scans have improved markedly and the features some scanning programs offer make it so much easier to validate that it probably isn't necessary to read the entire book. 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.