[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbers?

  • From: Megmil85@xxxxxxx
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 02:53:08 EDT

I'm scanning a book right now that seems to only have page numbers on the  
left page, at least, so far the right doesn't seem to have any that come 
through  on the scan. If this continues through the book, should I assume it is 
like that  in the hard copy? If so, do I add the page numbers to the right 
hand pages even  if they were only on the left hand pages in the print 
edition? Or do I leave it  that way, with only every other page having a page 
number if that's how the  print edition is? Thanks.
Megan
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2009 11:31:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx writes:

The first book I ever submitted I did not know or ever even consider  about 
page numbers. I got a nice email from someone who was proofing asking me  
what about pages such and such?  I wondered to myself at first,  what's the 
big deal, the text is all good, and so on.  Then soon I  discovered she was 
correct, there was some missing and  some duplicates.  So lesson learned.  It 
was quite a learning  experience, and ever since I have paid close 
attention to the page numbers as  I scan a book and then look it over to see 
that it 
all is there before I  submit it.  The person who actually has the book in 
hand can save a lot  of worry and problem solving by getting it right at the 
front end of the  project, I believe.  
 
One thing I do now is to also look at the page numbers listed in the  Table 
of Contents when the book has one.  To check to see if the page  numbers 
for the corresponding chapters fall on that page and that there is a  page 
number.  Sometimes there is a blank page at the end of a chapter or  between 
them and it will not have a page number printed but it is part of the  
pagination.  
 
All of the business of how many pages your file  has in your unit, that 
gets sort of strange, and I always just look right away  (so to speak, using 
speech or whatever) to see where pagination begins in the  book, with roman 
numerals, or whatever. They are not always marked, yet may be  reflected in 
the table of contents. So I make sure as best I can that the  pagination works 
all like it is supposed to.  
 
And I do move page numbers to the top even if  they are at the bottom 
myself. I know someone said they thought that might be  changing too much from 
the original. I have to say I do not think it  does.  In fact as a reader, if 
I hear that the page number is at the end  of a page I am usually fooled and 
am thinking I am starting on the next  page.   Some good number of books 
from Bookshare have two page  numbers that do not match together in the text.  
I don't know what is the  reason this happens. I do get used to it, but it 
is a bit confusing and I  think, unnecessary if we who submit take on those 
tasks early on and just pay  attention as we go before submitting.
 
If I am out of line, sorry. Just going off what  I have experienced thus 
far in this little wee world of book  scanning.
 
Thanks.
Rik
 
 
 



From: _Mayrie  ReNae_ (mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx)  
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:19 PM
To: _bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)   
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbers?




Hi Megan,
 
    I  have noticed that when Amazon gives a page count, it often includes  
preliminary pages.  Perhaps your page count will match if you add the  
number of preliminary pages, and the number of pages of actual text?   

Good  luck!
 
Mayrie
 
 

 
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Yes, that's the one. It seems that the text portion has 164 pages, that's  
the page count word and my BrailleNote gave me for the part without the 
front  matter but Amazon.com says it should have 176 so I'm not sure what the  
inconsistency is related to. The book scanned great, no duplications or  
omissions so I don't know if I should just insert page numbers at the top of  
each page even though it'll come out shorter than it supposedly should be or  
if we could/should go through and see what each page starts with. 
    I'm new at this, especially the page number  policy,  so just tell me 
what I should do. Oh, can you do me two  favors? Can you tell me what was on 
the title page, they told me I needed to  insert one before the copyright 
when I tried to submit it this morning, how  many Roman Numerals there are and 
how many pages? I want to make sure I get  the title page right and maybe 
Amazon got the page count wrong. Thanks! 
    I loved this book, I have to say. I was surprised  and had just gotten 
it thinking it'd be an easy read, but I really enjoyed  it.
 
 
In a message dated 6/1/2009 6:52:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx writes:

I think I scanned the book you are referring to, if  it's Halloween Rain.  
I have the book if there are any problems.   I submitted it before BKS's 
page number policy.
Amber
Book blog:
_http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/_ 
(http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/) 
I  have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have  
consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I  
give
you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your  fate.
John Adams
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