[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading" footnote numbers and quotation marks
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:52:44 -0800 (PST)
Thanks. Glad to know that.
Cindy
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I personally do not find quote marks a problem or
> footnote markings. Cindy
> I think this is another case where you may think
> this is a problem where it
> is not. Warnings do not seem necessary to me at
> least.
>
> E.
> wrote:
> >Oh, I wasn't planning to change anything. All the
> >notes and the bibliography and the idex are at the
> end
> >of the book. In fact, the book is already in the
> >collection rated Excellent. I'm reading a print
> copy
> >myself because it sounded interesting. But I was
> >thinking of writing a brief review for the one in
> the
> >collection in which I would warn about the
> >multitudinous quotation marks and footnote numbers
> in
> >each chapter. Perhaps there's a way Braille readers
> >and/or daisy readers can turn off punctuation and
> can
> >read the text without those being stated. If I had
> to
> >hear the numbers every few phrases I think I'd go
> >nuts.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >-- Amy Goldring Tajalli
> ><agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I have often seen books with dual footnotes:
> > > informational ones at the
> > > bottom of the page, source ones in a list at the
> end
> > > of the the text of the
> > > book Labeled "Footnotes" and consisting
> exclusively
> > > of sources. Oddly,
> > > there is usually another "List of Sources" or
> > > "Bibliography" sometimes
> > > designated "of Sources" if followed by a
> > > "Bibliography for Further
> > > Readings".
> > >
> > > I don't think it would be proper to change
> whatever
> > > designations there are
> > > but after the first source footnote number it
> might
> > > be acceptable to put a
> > > "reader's note" at the bottom of the page
> stating
> > > that all the footnotes
> > > are source notes and are found at the end of the
> [or
> > > wherever and under what
> > > title if any]. That would not be infringing upon
> any
> > > rights limited to the
> > > author or publisher but could be an aide to the
> > > blind reader and should not,
> > > therefore, be objected to by said author or
> > > publisher. Since the question
> > > of "rights" is involved you might ask Jim or
> John
> > > about the legal position
> > > in terms of copyright agreements with
> publishers.
> > > Other than that I can see
> > > no objection. I have often found such notations
> in
> > > RFB&D books. [A copy of
> > > the Kipling was donated to me after having been
> > > recorded by them and I found
> > > typed notes taped in it that had been included
> > > orally in the recordings but
> > > which I excluded as irrelevvant for the
> Bookshare
> > > copy.]
> > >
> > > Amy
> > > omsm
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > > <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:04 PM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question re "reading"
> > > footnote numbers and
> > > quotation marks
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm reading a print book, a copy of which is
> in
> > > the
> > > > bookshare collection. I read another book by
> the
> > > same
> > > > author which was quite readable. This one has
> > > > unnumerable footnote numbers (the footnotes
> > > themselves
> > > > are all iat the end of the book) and quotation
> > > > marks--phrase quotes from sources in sentences
> and
> > > he
> > > > notes within and at the end of the sentences.
> > > >
> > > > At a sighted person I can mentally bypass
> them,
> > > though
> > > > not as well as I'd like, but I'm wondering if
> they
> > > > would be really annoying to someone reading in
> > > Braille
> > > > or Daisy. I'm asking because I'm wondering if
> I
> > > should
> > > > write a brief review mentioning this so
> readers
> > > can be
> > > > forewarned.
> > > >
> > > > Cindy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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