[bksvol-discuss] Re: One More Question:)
- From: <ohio1803@xxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:50:05 -0600
This is an interesting question.
And as a volunteer who mostly scans and submits books, I will appreciate
reading the consensus of the answer.
My current procedure has been this. Please advise if I should modify it.
When I scan books, quite often there will be pages that are Roman numeral
pages, but not labeled as such. Let’s say the first time I see a page number,
it is viii. And it is the Table of Contents. Wanting my scanned document to
come out right, I will go back and make sure there is a Roman numeral one, and
right on up until the pages with labeled numbers appear. Heck, sometimes this
may even mean I create a blank page, as some publishers seem to put the numbers
right when you open the book.
So, if this is unnecessary, let me know and I will quit bothering with this
sort of thing. Certainly as a reader it seems kind of unrelated to any reading
of the book’s contents. I only started to do it as I thought maybe the
Bookshare proofreader might wonder where are those earlier pages.
As a note to anyone using the Kurzweil K-1000 for scanning, this tip may be of
use to another scanner who does not already know. When the regular pages begin,
the software has a feature where you can go to Navigation in the menu and
change the page where Page 1 is to be considered page 1. This is pretty handy
to have, and I like to do it to keep me and my simple minded head straight.
Thanks.
Rik James
From: Christine Szostak
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 1:03 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: One More Question:)
Hi,
So just for clarification, if the book already has all pages numbered, I
should do nothing, even if the very first page in the doc (title page or book
jacket, in this case book jacket info is first), I should leave that labeled as
"1" which is how it is currently labeled in this particular book. Is this
correct?
Have a marvelous afternoon!
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Madeleine Linares
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 11:56 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: One More Question:)
Hi Chris,
The pages should not be relabed. If the first numbered page of the book is
page 1, but page one is several pages into the book (the first page of the
text, not the first page), you should number the pages backwards with roman
numerals until the first page of the book. For example, the title page would be
I, the first page of copyright info would be II, the second page of copyright
info would be III, a blank page after it might be IV, the acknowledgements page
might be V, and then the text would start with 1. Alternately, if the text
starts with page 5, number backwards from there until you reach 1. If there are
more pages than numbers, use roman numbers. Does that make sense?
Best,
Madeleine Linares
Volunteer Coordinator
Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
650-644-3459
volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christine Szostak
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 2:38 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] One More Question:)
Hi All,
Sorry for the additional question. Hopefully I will not have too many of
these for now:).
When you get a book to proof that is numbered such that the very first page
of the doc (e.g., front matter) is labeled as "1" and the count continues with
these numbers through the entire document, should the doc be re-numbered such
that it is all lower case Roman numerals until reaching the prolog? In other
words. If the book jacket is labeled as 1, title page is 2, About the author is
3, and Prolog is 4, should these be relabeled so that it now reads, I, ii, iii,
1? This is my interpretation from the manual, but if this is not what should be
done, I do not want to go through and have to relabel 289 pages twice if I am
simply misunderstanding this instruction.
Have a great week and thanks for all of the initial advice and patience with
my inquiries!
Chris
Christine M. Szostak, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia
szostak.1@xxxxxxx
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