[bksvol-discuss] Re: Paragraphs in Blue Like Jazz
- From: "Ann McCay" <annmccay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:12:10 -0700
Well, I have found some dialogue, and none of it is paragraphed, so I think
I will make paragraphs for that as I am sure they are. But the scan is good,
so I'm sure I'm not going to reject the book. I'm also pretty sure that
there will be some paragraphs that won't be made into new paragraphs, but as
I can find them, I'll fix them.
Thanks for your comments.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:02 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Paragraphs in Blue Like Jazz
All I can tell you, Ann, is that I create the paragraphs as I read. Since
I'm usually, but not always, enjoying what I'm reading, I don't find it an
onerous task. People here seem to prefer indented paragraphs to skipped
lines paragraphs, so I set my first line to be indented by .2 and then when
I reach the end of a paragraph according to the print book I hit return. I
sometimes have to change the first line at the top of a page to None in the
first line space under Format, but I don't think people would care much if
you didn't. I'm just a perfectionist when it comes to my validating.
Usually, from all the reading I've done and the teaching, I can tell where a
paragraph should be, but I glance at the print book to be sure, because not
all authors break where I might. The book I've just uploaded, and one other
I did recently, had page-long paragraphs, so I'm glad I checked and didn't
indent where I might have.
Whether a lack of paragraphs is a reason for rejecting a book, I don't know.
I've never asked, and I personally wouldn't do it. smile
Cindy
--- Ann McCay <annmccay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have no idea if this is because of line breaks being removed, but I
> think I'm finding that there are no paragraphs in the book. I'd not
> have known except that I have a friend who has been wanting me to read
> this book. So, when it came up to be validated, I downloaded it. My
> friend has the book, so I asked about some text last night, and she
> commented that there was also a paragraph marker that should have been
> inserted.
> Now, as I'm scanning text,
> I don't see any paragraphs. We do have the text, my friend does, but
> it would be a huge amount of work to add all the paragraphs in, I'd
> think, since it's about 243 pages.
>
> There are page breaks where there should be, and there are chapter
> headings.
>
> Any ideas on how to proceed? I believe that I will be able to get a
> quality read since I know that I can look up anything that I'm not
> sure about, and the quality of the text so far is excellent as far as
> words, since there are only a couple new places that I need to ask my
> friend about.
> Any ideas???
>
> Ann McCay
> AnnMcCay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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