[bksvol-discuss] Re: Footnotes and Sidebars
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:31:54 -0700
Dear Kathy,
Carrie and I have been working to draft guidelines for these sorts of
things that are currently not included in the volunteer manual. In
several cases these are optional guidelines for the benefit of those
volunteers who want to comply with all of Bookshare's standardized
approaches. They are not requirements, which is to say that if you
follow a different approach your book will not be rejected on account of
it. Below is the draft we put together for footnotes, sidebars and
superscripts.
We'll be sending out a more complete version with other aspects next
week.
Please send in any feedback or refinements that you would like us to
consider!
Warm regards,
Pavi
Standardized Guidelines for Footnotes, Superscript and Sidebars:
Bookshare appreciates the insertion of punctuation (brackets or
parentheses) around footnotes but does not require it. Footnotes may be
retained as they appear in the scanned copy.
Bookshare advocates the retention of superscripts where possible, but in
cases where your scanner pushes them onto the line above or omits them
entirely, please drop superscripts into the text line. This can be done
through a global drop. For more instructions (will include a link to
detailed global drop directions)
If a sidebar only repeats what is already in the text on that page it
can be deleted entirely. If it doesn't and contains different content
then please use your discretion in placing it in between two paragraphs
of the same page where you think it least disrupts the flow.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathy Hester
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:11 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Footnotes and Sidebars
I enjoy reading nonfiction, and I proofread a good bit of it. However,
I have sent several back to the checkout page because I don't know the
best way of handling footnotes and sidebars, especially when they come
in the middle of sentences, and when there are two or more on the page!
Could somebody who has done it and is comfortable with it please send a
description of the best way to handle these things?
Thank you.
Kathy
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> the LORD make His face shine upon you
> and be gracious to you;
> the LORD turn His face toward you
> and give you peace."
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