[bksvol-discuss] Re: First Message from Newest Volunteer
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:05:27 -0600
I agree with Roger that you have to establish original book numbering and "work
your way back" in numbering previous unless the story text starts at page one.
If so, everything prior gets Roman numerals. Consistency would be nice, but
alas, not likely in the foreseeable future...
Valerie
On Jan 5, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
> Let me dispute the recommendation that the first page of the actual novel be
> labeled page 1 and the preliminary pages be labeled with Roman numerals. That
> might be the case usually, but it is not necessarily so. I would say that it
> should be done that way only if that is the way the book does it. Right now,
> for example, I am working on a book in which page one is actually the first
> of the preliminary pages and the main text does not start until about page 9.
> I would prefer it if all books were paginated that way, but unfortunately it
> seems that only a minority are.
>
>
> Roger Loran Bailey
>
> "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless
> world, & the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."
> Karl Marx
>
> The Militant:
> http://www.themilitant.com
> Pathfinder Press:
> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> Granma International:
> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gail johnson" <mama-gail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:27 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: First Message from Newest Volunteer
>
>
>> Hi Kane,
>>
>> Welcome aboard.
>>
>> My name is Gail I don't scan I only proof.
>>
>> Interms of the page numbers:
>>
>> 1. The beginning of the actual novel can be listed as page 1 (one) or the
>> actual page of the book itself.
>> 2. any other pages before it would be listed in Roman neumerals.
>> i.e. Talbe of Contents xi
>> 3. any blank pages with in the text should have page numbers and the words
>> blank page
>> on a separate line with a blank line in between.
>>
>> i.e.
>> 21
>>
>> blank page
>>
>> 4. If a page has an illustration picture descriptions are welcome.
>>
>> or
>> i.e.
>>
>> 27
>>
>> illustration
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
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