[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Question
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:23:05 -0800 (PST)
Yes, thank you for the pronunciation of your name. I remember how surprised I
was when I found out the proper pronunciation of Siobhan (totally different
from what I'd thought it would be)
Cindy
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> From: Ixchel Larrauri <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:20 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Question
>
>Hi Roger,
>My name has lots of meanings. It can be the love goddess but it is
>also attributed to water, the moon and fertility. As for
>pronunciation, it is pronounced like eak-shelle. I hope that helps.
>Jackie
>
>On 2/12/12, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Jackie,
>>
>> The page count on the Bookshare web site is not always accurate. Figuring
>> out page count is a little tricky.
>>
>> What version of Word are you using? This will make a difference in how I
>> give you detailed instructions.
>>
>> However, I'll give you a brief explanation of how page count is determined.
>> Use your file in Word, and let the Bookshare tools on the web site be what
>> they are, which is not always as accurate.
>>
>> Books often have numbered pages, that is pages numbered in arabic numerals.
>> There are also often preliminary and end matter pages which are not
>> numbered.
>>
>> You need to find page 1 in your book. That arabic numbered page 1. Pages
>> before that are preliminary pages and need to be numbered in lower case
>> roman numerals starting at the beginning of the book (excluding any matter
>> from the back cover, and/or front flaps, which pages come before the roman
>> numeral numbered pages. So, you've got potentially four sets of pages to
>> count to get a page count.
>>
>> Here's an example:
>> You might have text from the back cover, text from the front flap of a book
>> jacket, and text from the back flap of a book jacket each on one page of
>> your Word (rtf) file.
>>
>> That's a total of three pages.
>>
>> Next you might have for example, six pages of preliminary material, a title
>> page, a copyright page, a page of acknowledgments, a dedication page, and
>> two blank pages before page arabic 1 of the book.
>>
>> This is a total of six more pages to be added to your previously counted
>> preliminary pages for a total of 9 pages.
>>
>> Now let's say that your book has arabic numbered pages 1-300. That, added to
>> your 9 preliminary pages,
>> gives you a total of 309 pages.
>>
>> There may be end matter pages perhaps an appendix, and/or an index, and/or a
>> bibliography. Maybe even perhaps advertising pages as well. These might add
>> up to a total of 35 pages, and should be numbered in arabic numbers
>> continuing the page count from the last numbered page in the file. You need
>> to add page numbers where they aren't present because OCR doesn't always
>> capture page numbers.
>>
>> Add that number to your previous number of 309 pages and you have a total
>> page count of 344 pages.
>>
>> If you're lucky, adding all of the different sections of the book will give
>> you the number of pages that Word thinks are in the file.
>>
>> If the number after adding all these sections of pages together doesn't
>> match what Word thinks exist in the file, then you need to determine whether
>> Word is adding in soft page breaks and remove those by increasing your paper
>> size until the number of actual pages in the book agrees with what Word says
>> there are in number of pages.
>>
>> I know that's all complicated seeming, but once you get the hang of it, it's
>> not difficult to manage.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need more explanation of how to figure out page
>> count, and I'll help you out.
>>
>> If need be, you can contact me off list so that others don't have to read
>> through our discussion of how to figure out proper page count in books.
>>
>> My two e-mail addresses are:
>> mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx
>> or
>> mayrier@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Let me know if you need more assistance.
>>
>> Mayrie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ixchel Larrauri
>> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:02 AM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Question
>>
>> Hi Mayrie,
>> I was just looking at the book that Jamie scanned and in the Bookshare part
>> where it says how many pages it has it says 309 but word says 344, I am a
>> little confused, can you please explain?
>> Jackie
>>
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