[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dealing with Sidebars
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bkvol" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:52:34 -0600
Hi, Curtis,
That's a very good question. I may try putting them between paragraphs,
so as to interrupt
the flow of text as little as possible, while being sure to keep them on the
page where I found them. I will put a blank line before and after, and I may
label them with the word "sidebar".
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis Delzer" <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:21 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dealing with Sidebars
> Side bars, in which order, then would you present the text? Since our
text,
> for most of us is read from top to bottom, how or when to integrate "side
> bars," is the question. :)
>
> Curtis Delzer
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> From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:38 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dealing with Sidebars
>
>
> Hi Paula,
>
> It has been my experience that all side bar stuff is not
> duplicated in the text. Either way, I think that deleting the mashed
> stuff is compromising the text. I'd say reject the book, and tell
> the submitter that a more careful scan needs to be done. Just my
> opinion. We can't mess with copyright laws by omitting text. So,
> I'd say, bite the bullet and reject the scan, asking for a rescan
> that is more careful to keep text that belongs together
> together. I've had to do a book with boxes and side bars, and it was
> definitely a bear to prepare for submission. Not a task for a
> half-hearted submitter.
>
> Peace,
> Mayrie
>
> At 06:43 PM 3/26/2008, you wrote:
> > I downloaded a book for validating, which was rated Excellent, but
is
> > a
> >bit of a mess in some places. It looks like there are sidebars, which
> >scanned as bits and pieces of sentences in various places. If I try to
> >figure out how to put each of the sentences back together, I could still
be
> >working on the same book at this time next year. G!
> >
> > Since sidebars are generally drawn from the text, the information
> > would
> >still be there if I delete all these random words. Is it permissible to
> >delete sidebars that don't scan properly, in order to clean up a book?
> >
> >Paula
> >
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