[bksvol-discuss] Re: Diary entries and Page numbers
- From: "Denise Wagner" <denisecwagner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:05:25 -0400
Hi Valerie (and everyone),
Thanks for your input (and yours too Cindy). Iâve decided to enter in brackets
the person writing since I realized after writing my question that one diary
entry is written alternating between two different characters (very strange).
So, before each line where there is a character switch I am putting [Mal
writing] blah blah, then [Dawn writing] blah blah. Iâm hoping this doesnât
confuse the reader. The diary entries that are all one character writing are
actually intuitive as to who it is, but Iâm still going to add the name in
brackets.
As for the page numbering, I think Iâm going to move them all to be consistent.
Iâm a tiny bit OCD and it will probably drive me nuts if I donât! Ha Ha.
Iâve been a volunteer off and on for probably over a year and I feel guilty for
having such basic questions, but I figure better to ask than get it wrong!
Thank you all for your input and your patience. This forum is invaluable for
those of us that have a lot to learn. In my case, Iâm not a member and I am
sighted, so certain things donât occur to me as a proofer that may seem obvious
to others (i.e. the way readers recognize or donât recognize certain things).
Denise
From: Valerie Maples
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:57 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Diary entries and Page numbers
My answers are in between, although I know you have already gotten some
excellent advice on person assignations.
<<<Iâm proofing a book with italicized diary entries at the beginning of
several chapters. These entries are all from different characters entering
into the same journal, so each entry is also in a different font.
Do these entries get any special attention? Do I put them into a different
font, or do I make some sort of description about them? Or do I format them in
the same font as the rest of the book?>>>
Everything submitted is changed to a single font, so that is time wasted. I
would retain the italics and connote speaker in square brackets as Cindy
suggested.
<<<Also, while Iâm writing here, do the location of page numbers need to be
consistent? The scan has the majority of page numbers on the bottom of the
page, but on each new chapter page the number is at the top. Iâve been moving
them to the bottom to make them consistent, but Iâm not sure what the âruleâ is.
We have been told it does not matter the tool fixes inconsistent top or bottom
page numbering, but that has not been my experience. My preference is top, for
ease of proofing, but I have seen it duplicated in many books as an unspoken
and spoken, but both visual, number, but my current reading tool does not work
on the Mac and downloading is not even web accessible in Mountain Lion, so I
cannot get more specific right now. In my experience I have found fewer errors
with bottom page numbering, but if my numbers are already on top, I do not move
them, especially as it helps me for working and comparing to the print book.
Hope I didn't muddy the waters! Welcome to Bookshare, hope you love it as much
as our family does!
Valerie
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