[bksvol-discuss] Re: Butterfly
- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:44:17 -0400
Microsoft Word does a very good job of removing all smart quotes in a single
command.
Chris Hofstader
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carrie Karnos
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:44 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Butterfly
Hi Bob,
Unfortunately your example is white on white, so we sighted people can't see
it unless we highlight the page. Once highlighted, it looks like there are
a bunch of capital A's with carets on top, which John Glass said were smart
quotes. (This occurred last week, with another book). Evidently the stripper
chokes on smart quotes. We need garden-variety, ordinary, normal, stupid
quotes in books.
Do you have a list of books that are mangled this way? I'll try to fix
them.
Carrie
----- Original Message ----
From: Robert Tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:32:13 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Butterfly
Just to add to this post here's an example.
Â"Then I pass,Â"Ben said.
The bartender shrugged and started to move away when Ben laid his badge on
the counter. The bartender looked at the badge then up at Ben, obviously
unimpressed.
Â"Two people were gunned down in front of your place about twenty minutes
ago,Â"Ben said.
The bartender's stare never wavered. Â"Yeah, so I heard.Â"
Â"Don't suppose you heard the shots?Â"
Â"I don't suppose I did,Â"the bartender drawled.
Â"Then who called the cops?Â"Ben asked.
The bartender shrugged. Â"Some guy came in off the street, said there were
two bodies in the snow. I showed him where the phone was. He used it. That's
all I know.Â"
Â"Is he still here?Â"Ben asked.
Â"Nope.Â"
Â"Can you tell me what he looked like?Â"
Â"Nope.Â"
Ben had to resist the urge to grab the bartender's shirt and shake that
insolent tone out of his voice.
He turned around and raised his voice so that it could be heard throughout
the small room.
Â"Anybody in here see what happened outside?Â"
Nobody answered.
Â"Anybody hear anything . . . like gunshots
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Tweedy <mailto:rftweedy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Butterfly
Someone take a look at Butterfly and no this is a different one that was put
into the collection earlier. There is a mark in it but can't reproduce it
here but it throws everything off with speech. I cleaned my copy up that I
downloaded and there were over 5400 in the book. It is at the beginning and
end of quotes. This should have been easy to fix and there have been a few
books like this.
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