[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book with very complicated format wondering thoughts
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:40:02 -0800 (PST)
Hi Shelley and Mayrie,
In non-fiction books, where there are notes in boxes that interrupt the text, I
will usually put brackets around the note, so people know what's going on. In
some books, I've taken to moving text around, because it's way too confusing to
have one paragraph of the main text split by several boxes of text. This is a
last resort though.
That chocolate book that I validated several years ago, that Shelley sent to
me, each page had a minimum of 2 small pictures, and each page was split into 9
sections, with recipes starting in the upper left box, continuing in the middle
box, and finishing in the upper right box. And there'd be a different sequence
of boxes on the next page. That was an absolute bear to proof because I was
moving text around on every single page.
Bottom line is that it's a judgment call. The primary goal is readability. If
it's too confusing to keep the sections of text where they are on the page,
then please move related sections together.
Carrie
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From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2009 7:27:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book with very complicated format wondering
thoughts
Hi Shelley,
This is just my opinion, and what I would do, but I'd keep related
text together, however I had to do that. I have taken to using three
asterisks to denote section breaks which in the print are denoted by white
space. So, if you have to move text so it's connected to its related text,
I think that would be more than all right. Perhaps Carrie has opinions, or
some sort of policy on this?
Mayrie
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Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 6:03 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book with very complicated format wondering
thoughts
Hi everyone,
I am editing a book entitled An Illustrated International Encyclopedia of
horse Breeds and Breeding, and come to a kind of quandry. In the book I
believe there are lines sperating the entries into boxes, naturally these
did not scan. This wasn't a problem, except now I have two horse breeds who
have melded. Luckily i can figure out which belongs to what, how should I
connect the right information, can I move it to increase readibility? This
book is going to be a long time in coming, as I have to figure it out bit by
bit and I only do a couple of pages at a time. But will be a valuable
resource when done. But just wondering how to keep everything straight.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
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