[bksvol-discuss] Re: Puzzling Problem

  • From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:40:59 -0700

I know what I would do; I would ignore it and go by what is in the book. If 
there are no numbers on preliminary pages, I do not intend to insert them, 
lower or higher case. What is the idea of a lower case roman numeral anyway? I 
too hope that Bob can come up with some humor in this nitpicking situation. I 
for one need clarification as to whether this makes DAISY navigation better. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lori Castner 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:10 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Puzzling Problem


  Hi, Everyone,

  I have a very minor puzzling situation in a book I'm proofreading.

  In one of the newer documents on what to do as a proofreader, it states that 
we are to number preliminary pages with lower case Roman numerals beginning 
with i.

  However, in this book I am proofing, the acknowledgments begin on IX (Roman 
numeral nine), but there are ten actual pages before the acknowledgments begin. 
 One is a blank page which I can remove, but even so there will still be nine 
preliminary pages before the first page with a page number, Roman numeral nine. 
 Do I begin my lower case numerals with zero--is there a Roman numeral for zero?

  And why are we numbering these unnumbered preliminary pages anyway?

  Bob, I'm waiting for a humorous answer from you, but also seriously what do I 
do when the number of unnumbered pages is greater than the lower case numerals?

  Lori C.



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