Not that this is critical, but does anybody beside me have trouble seeing "unread posts" if you've posted recently to the thread? A couple of times, I've very nearly missed responses to my own questions because...well, I don't know why. I guess I'd have to study Simple Machines to know.
As for how I generally work, I try to get at all the running threads first, then I hit the Personal Messages. I don't know why I go in that order, because I then answer them in reverse.
Oh, and yeah, I checked what I could for the book. Other than possible reprint status or administrative policy for Sad Sack, I don't see any problems.
(Noteworthy, though: All the non-Sad Sack stories have explicit Harvey copyrights, in addition to the issue's copyright statement. None of the Sad Sack material is annotated that way, though, except for the cover. Weird.)