Robin "hold fors" are no problem as long as the intended recipient picks up the book in a reasonable amount of time. By looking at the history of the book, you can tell just how long the book has been sitting there. If it is over a week or 2, and you wished to validate the book, personally, I would have no qualms about doing so as the intended recipient should have had ample time to grab it. This is a courtesy more than anything else; as obviously, a "hold for" cannot be enforced from a practical standpoint. Reasons for "hold fors" include what you've mentioned, the personal working relationship between certain submitters'validators, that someone requested the book and has agreed to validate, and I could go on and on. As I said, if the person targed picks up and validates the book, then this hardly is a problem. 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.