[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbers?
- From: Megmil85@xxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 02:48:20 EDT
This whole thing with page numbers being a requirement is new to me but I
understand it. However, personally, if I am reading a book for fun,
especially a fiction book, I don't really care about the page numbers. I just
skim
over them and they actually can break up the flow of reading for me. Of
course, if it's a book I'm going to use for school or something, a nonfiction
book, the page numbers are important. But, in my opinion and mine alone, I
am much more concerned about the quality of a scan rather than the page
numbers. Personally, I wouldn't mind reading books without them, at least
fiction ones, but again, I know they are important for siting and things for
papers. But how many people site fiction books? Maybe Bookshare could only
require them for nonfiction? Well, now I'm just rambling. I'll do my best to
add in page numbers where they should go, unless I hear otherwise from
Bookshare. Then, I'll just submit it with my best guesses for page numbers and
explain in the comments that the book was so old the page numbers didn't
come through on the scan. The text is perfect so in my opinion, if they don't
accept it just because a few page numbers may be off, I think they are
being too picky. I doubt many people will be siting a Buffy the Vampire Slayer
book for anything. Perhaps I am out of line here, but that is only my
opinion.
Megan
In a message dated 6/1/2009 11:31:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx writes:
The first book I ever submitted I did not know or ever even consider about
page numbers. I got a nice email from someone who was proofing asking me
what about pages such and such? I wondered to myself at first, what's the
big deal, the text is all good, and so on. Then soon I discovered she was
correct, there was some missing and some duplicates. So lesson learned. It
was quite a learning experience, and ever since I have paid close
attention to the page numbers as I scan a book and then look it over to see
that it
all is there before I submit it. The person who actually has the book in
hand can save a lot of worry and problem solving by getting it right at the
front end of the project, I believe.
One thing I do now is to also look at the page numbers listed in the Table
of Contents when the book has one. To check to see if the page numbers
for the corresponding chapters fall on that page and that there is a page
number. Sometimes there is a blank page at the end of a chapter or between
them and it will not have a page number printed but it is part of the
pagination.
All of the business of how many pages your file has in your unit, that
gets sort of strange, and I always just look right away (so to speak, using
speech or whatever) to see where pagination begins in the book, with roman
numerals, or whatever. They are not always marked, yet may be reflected in
the table of contents. So I make sure as best I can that the pagination works
all like it is supposed to.
And I do move page numbers to the top even if they are at the bottom
myself. I know someone said they thought that might be changing too much from
the original. I have to say I do not think it does. In fact as a reader, if
I hear that the page number is at the end of a page I am usually fooled and
am thinking I am starting on the next page. Some good number of books
from Bookshare have two page numbers that do not match together in the text.
I don't know what is the reason this happens. I do get used to it, but it
is a bit confusing and I think, unnecessary if we who submit take on those
tasks early on and just pay attention as we go before submitting.
If I am out of line, sorry. Just going off what I have experienced thus
far in this little wee world of book scanning.
Thanks.
Rik
From: _Mayrie ReNae_ (mailto:mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx)
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 8:19 PM
To: _bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbers?
Hi Megan,
I have noticed that when Amazon gives a page count, it often includes
preliminary pages. Perhaps your page count will match if you add the
number of preliminary pages, and the number of pages of actual text?
Good luck!
Mayrie
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page numbers?
Yes, that's the one. It seems that the text portion has 164 pages, that's
the page count word and my BrailleNote gave me for the part without the
front matter but Amazon.com says it should have 176 so I'm not sure what the
inconsistency is related to. The book scanned great, no duplications or
omissions so I don't know if I should just insert page numbers at the top of
each page even though it'll come out shorter than it supposedly should be or
if we could/should go through and see what each page starts with.
I'm new at this, especially the page number policy, so just tell me
what I should do. Oh, can you do me two favors? Can you tell me what was on
the title page, they told me I needed to insert one before the copyright
when I tried to submit it this morning, how many Roman Numerals there are and
how many pages? I want to make sure I get the title page right and maybe
Amazon got the page count wrong. Thanks!
I loved this book, I have to say. I was surprised and had just gotten
it thinking it'd be an easy read, but I really enjoyed it.
In a message dated 6/1/2009 6:52:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I think I scanned the book you are referring to, if it's Halloween Rain.
I have the book if there are any problems. I submitted it before BKS's
page number policy.
Amber
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