[bksvol-discuss] Re: Picture Annotations
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 12:15:46 -0800 (PST)
I can only tell you what I do, and it varies with the
book and illustration.
As Jake Said, I do put the description in brackets,
and sometimes in a different font, either smaller or
italics. IF the illustration has a caption, that's
usually descriptive enough that nothing else is
needed. Oh--I put "Illustration:" first, but I really
don't think it's necessary.
Usually it's children's books, so I describe picture
in as much detail as I can, including colors, although
just recently, and because I find it tedious although
important, I've realized (just before you mentioned
it, Lissi, smile) that where the illustration does not
add to the story, it really isn't necessary, i.e., if
it illustrates what's being described or explained in
the story. In the book I'm doing now I'm not
mentioning the illustrations unless they take up the
entire page. Then I'll put, and possibly describe
(I've just finished scanning and haven't looked at the
full-page illustrations yet--just skipped those pages
in the scanning process) the picture and put the page
number to keep the pagination correct so readers
don'think they're missing anything.
But in other books, such as one I recently submited,
the illustrations do add to the story, showing things
that aren't in the text, and and adding humor. In
cases like that, as I said, I describe the picture in
as much detail as possible.
I've done nonfiction books where the caption itself
was enough because it explained what the picture was.
With other books, such as one about dogs, I tried to
describe the dog. Unfortunately, I don't know enough
about breeds just to have been able to say it was a
brown whatever.
For one book I'm working on now, I'm only putting in
hard page breaks and scanning and putting in missing
pages. It's a book about the archaeology of Biblical
Lands. The captions are sufficient, but I'm indicating
whether the illustration is a drawing or a photograph,
although perhaps that isn't necessary.
HTH
Cindy
--- Monica Ballard <MBallard1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Are there any guidelines, preferences, or
> suggestions on entering
> picture descriptions?
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> Monica
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