[bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofing and special characters

  • From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:08:12 -0500

I think that has to do with UTF encoding or maybe your "style".

I'll send another © symbol and I'll send the message in HTML. See if the © 
symbol shows up.

Bob




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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 5:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofing and special characters


> Right, even if I had the print book it wouldn't do me a lot of good.
> :)  Not like I can look at it and compare it visually.  And it made
> sense to me that the copyright symbol might get scaned as '0'.
> 
> I do find it somewhat annoying that somewhere along the line that
> character gets converted to a 'c' by email.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/13/09, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When you say the copyright page is fully present, I assume you mean in the
>> scan not that you have the print book in hand, or you wouldn't have asked
>> about the odd symbol. I did look at the copyright page on amazon and your
>> guess was correct, that symbol should have been the encircled c that stands
>> for copyright
>> Cindy
>>> > Books Being Scanned List:
>>> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofing and special
>>> characters
>>> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:05 PM
>>> >> Interesting, the copyright symbol,
>>> >> which I had included in my original
>>> >> email (using the JAWS INS+4 dialog) got stripped
>>> down to a
>>> >> 'c'.  No
>>> >> wonder the messages I got back seemed so idd given
>>> I
>>> >> thought I had
>>> >> already proven that I can in fact insert the
>>> c-in-circle
>>> >> copyright
>>> >> symbol.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have gone with replacing the 0 with that, rather
>>> than
>>> >> remove or
>>> >> replace with "(c)".
>>> >>
>>> >> On 9/13/09, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Soronel,
>>> >> >
>>> >> >     The 0, I'd be willing
>>> to bet is the
>>> >> copyright symbol that scanned
>>> >> > improperly.  I would replace it, rather
>>> than
>>> >> removing it and leaving nothing
>>> >> > in its place.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Mayrie
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -----Original Message-----
>>> >> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> >> On Behalf Of Soronel Haetir
>>> >> > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:56 AM
>>> >> > To: bksvol-discuss
>>> >> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Proofing and
>>> special
>>> >> characters
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Hi,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I checked out and downloaded a book today, so
>>> far
>>> >> everything looks pretty
>>> >> > good, I do however have a question.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The copyright line reads "Copyright 0 2007
>>> >> <author>"
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Should I just remove the 0, or should I
>>> replace it
>>> >> with 'C'? (In case 'C'
>>> >> > doesn't read for you it is the c-in-circle
>>> copyright
>>> >> symbol.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
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