[projectaon] Re: Editor's Companion Submission

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From: Matthew harper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

(ne) 12tmod 200: the 7eacute;lite of the Drakkarim -> the elite of the 
Drakkarim [mh: I know that's wrong! Confused html]
(??) 12tmod 226: The black tendril retreats... [mh: I'm wondering if there's 
some text missing. The paragraph leading here (315) only said that something 
was rising, and asked if you wanted to get reading. Then in this paragraph the 
text assumes that the reader has already encountered the blak tendril. Compare 
with 103, another choice from 315: in that case the tendril is introduced at 
the start of 103. I don't have the book to check, but there seems to be 
something amiss here.]

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Hi Matthew

Thanks for pointing these out to us.

We're actually well aware of the first one; it's been knocking around for a couple of years and we keep meaning to get it fixed. I seem to recall that the source file is actually fixed, but we are looking at re-editing our old XML files to conform to our more recent specifications, so it will take a little time to get the first twelve books republished. The problem, believe it or not, is a missing ampersand. It should say:

'. . . the élite of the Drakkarim . . .' which in HTML-speak should look like: '. . . the élite of the Drakkarim . . .'

The second point is a little odd. There's definitely a continuity issue between 315 -> 226. Compare it to the parallel section 44, and there is definitely reference made there to a 'snaky tendril' coming into view. I guess the easiest thing to do would be to footnote this; unless our Project Coordinator can come up with a means of adding in the appearance of the tendril to the text; but I can't think of an easy way to do this.

Nice one! Things don't tend to get fixed immediately around here, you may notice, but we are developing an automated system whereby an updated XML file will automatically output a new version of the book to the website without the need for all the time- and labour-intensive faffing around that's currently needed. Until that day, please keep sending us any errors you spot; all issues do get listed and stored, usually in the source files themselves, until they are fixed.

For Sommerlund and the Kai!

--
Simon Osborne
(on behalf of Project Aon)

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