Hi, Mike. I know. It's just a thought that maybe that's why some do it. Of course, we can speculate all we want and that doesn't solve anything. *smile* Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:26 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: renewing books you're validating Julie I have thought the same thing but for a different reason. Because books can languish from submission to final approval for a long long time, and because some books just might not make the collection due to technical reasons such as unverifiable copyright, volunteers who truly want a certain book have an incentive to grab it from step 1. If they imediately release back the book to Step 1, no harm is done. If, however, they retrieve a book and do not release, a week is lost.