[bksvol-discuss] Re: Half Footnote Numbers Missing
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:20:49 -0800 (PST)
Put it up with a hold for me (Cindy, or Grandma Cindy; what kind of a book is
it, and how long? Are you any hurry for it?
Some books use asterisks for footnotes instead of numbers.
Are thefot notees themselves at the bottom of the page or in another section
at the end of the book?
CIndy
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> From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 5:11 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Half Footnote Numbers Missing
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>Footnotes scan horribly and are a lot of work. When I take on a book with a
>lot of footnotes I will only scan one page at a time so I can make sure I got
>each one while I'm still on that page.
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>One thing I notice is that sometimes I get a ' instead of the footnote number.
>Are you finding those? Would that help you to get at least some of the missing
>numbers?
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>Personally I'd probably reject it or ask for a volunteer who can check the
>print book to be able to put the numbers in.
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>And, as someone with sight, I know that finding the darned numbers on the page
>isn't always easy. I usually have to read it backwards, starting at the bottom
>of the page and going backwards so I'm looking for the number and not just
>reading the words because the eyes tend to skip over things like that, when
>the brain is involved in absorbing the words.
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>Jamie in Michigan
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>Currently Reading:Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
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