[bksvol-discuss] Re: advertising in the middle of a book

  • From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:11:36 -0500

Hi!  Both Gerald and jake are right, actually. <Smile>  Most of the time, those 
types of pages don't include page numbers.  However, it's not a bad idea to 
check before moving them.

Jana

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerald Hovas 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:21 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: advertising in the middle of a book


  I think it would depend on the page numbering as to whether or not to move 
the advertising.  If the text stops on say page 211 and the rest of the 
sentence picks up then on page 212, you definitely want to move the pages or 
possibly even leave them out depending on how clear they scanned.  If, however, 
the pages are included in the numbering, then you might want to leave them 
where they are and just put a note like [Advertising] if they scanned as 
garbage.

  Gerald

  -----Original Message-----
  From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jake Brownell
  Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:26 PM
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: advertising in the middle of a book


  Hi Shannon,
      You could (a) leave them where they are, or (b) move them to the front or 
back. While adverts are not core content and thus not required, I don't think 
this type of information should be outright removed from a book if it was 
included with the original submission. (That is unless of course the advert 
scanned as garbage text).

  For anyone interested my line of thinking behind moving the material is that 
often folks combine front/back dust jacket info in one place. Also a sited 
reader would most likely skip the advert and may come back to it later. Often 
times as well only certain editions have advertisements and not others, and of 
course its not core content....

  Best,
  Jake
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Shannon A. Reece 
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 12:19 PM
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] advertising in the middle of a book


    Hello Volunteers.
    I am carefully validating The Colorado Kid by Stephen King.  It is a 
wonderful scan and part of the Hard Case Crime series I believe the series 
title is.
    But slightly more than halfway through the book, there is what looks to be 
a two page spread advertising the benefits of becoming a member in this series, 
get a book every month, etc.  
    What makes this slightly disheartening is that the two page spread happens 
in the middle of a sentence...i.e., one page ends in the middle of a sentence 
and then the two page spread begins and then the story picks right back up 
again with no loss of words.
    Now I know we can't eliminate text, but this is kind of sad, that the 
reading in the middle of a sentence has to be interrupted by this advertising.  
    What are my options, besides outright rejecting the book which there is no 
reason to do?  It's got page breaks and I've already done a bit of minor but 
necessary editing, changing i98o to 1980 for example in many places.  Can I 
move the pages to the beginning or end of the book?  Should I put in the long 
synapsis field that there are two pages of advertising and give the page 
numbers so that members know what's going on?
    Any advice or help on how to handle this advertisement would be gratefully 
received.
    Shannon


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