Hi, Jamie. Isn't it fun to get a message showing that your book has been accepted? (smile) Before a book is added to the collection, one of the Bookshare staff looks at the file to make sure it is complete and ready for the Bookshare collection. I have a tip to share with you that might make things easier for you in the future. You may not need it right now. It may help save you time and hassle later. I have made two subfolders in the "my documents" folder that most people who use Windows are familiar with. The first subfolder is called "current validations," and it's where I unzip files that I've gotten from step 1. I work on files in this folder until they're ready to go. My second subfolder is called "completed validations." Once I finish proofreading a book, I move it to this subfolder. Then I upload the book to Bookshare. I keep my completed validations until the book is actually approved for the collection, just in case there's something that I missed that the admin wants me to fix. Using this system helps me to know without guessing about the status of books I'm working on. I do something similar with the books I scan and submit. I have a "not submitted" subfolder and one called "Bookshare submissions" where I put the rtf files I've submitted to Bookshare. This may not make much sense when you're on your first book. It's different when you've scanned 150 books and can't remember which ones you've submitted and which still need to be cleaned up for submission. I learned this the hard way. (grin) I hope this helps you. I'm glad you're helping us get books into the collection. -- Monica Willyard Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com 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.