[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation

  • From: misha <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:25:26 -0700

Valerie,
When I come across odd formats in books, I look at it this way. If it is something that seems to be what the writer wanted (odd spelling, odd punctuation, that sort of thing), I leave it in. If it is something that seems to be what the publisher wanted (fancy fonts, sidebars, and so on), I feel better about changing to make the text more readable. I'm not so sure about this case, but it seems more like odd spelling that the writer put in than odd highlighting that the publisher might decide on. 

Misha

On 9/3/2012 5:23 PM, Judy s. wrote:

Hi Valerie,
I share your concern, but it sounds like you are advocating to change the printed text of the book, which we aren't allowed to do, even though your reasons are understandable. I think you're stuck with leaving it as it is, as that's what's printed.
If that wasn't the case, we'd all be correcting spelling errors and strange punctuation, repeated sentences and all kinds of stuff that shows up in printed books that make them harder to read and drive all of us crazy to have to leave as they are. 

Judy s.

On 9/3/2012 6:40 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:
My concern was readers who cannot spell will not know the word and even borderline spellers may not get it with hyphens announced after every letter. Too much cognitive load for kids/teeens. I know I find it disorienting read that way, and I am an excellent speller (odd for a dyslexic). 
Valerie

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*From:* Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Mon, September 3, 2012 12:36:34 PM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation

Hi Valerie,
Since the hyphens don't leave the intention of the author unclear, I'd suggest not changing what is in the book. 
Just my opinion.
Mayrie

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*From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Valerie Maples 
*Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2012 1:55 AM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Alisa Moore; Carrie Karnos; Madeleine Linares 
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Question on readability presentation
I know occasionally allowances are made for slight changes to the print to allow for better readability. I am doing a very old book where instead of bolding words to be important/emphasized they are instead separating each letter with a hyphen to make it more dramatic. An example in this book was the word wonderful, which was instead represented as: "w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-1". It would be wonderful(no pun intended) if we had permission to remove the hyphens and unify the word and instead place it in bold print. Would this be an allowable exception to improve readability/listening? 

Thanks!
Valerie




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