[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
- From: Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 16:31:56 +0000
Hi Valerie, etc.,
Please keep the word as it was in the original text (with the weird
punctuation). I appreciate your point on readability, but it really comes down
to keeping the text as the author wrote it. Thanks for checking though!
Best,
Madeleine
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:27 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
Following the overwhelming consensus it was not a readability issue, I
submitted it as was. I do have concerns that audio listeners, emergent readers
and such will lose meaning (or worse, frustrate and lose) the struggling
readers, but I respect leaving things intact, too.
Thanks for all the input!
Valerie
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From: Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
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Sent: Tue, September 4, 2012 5:29:54 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
Fairly strong disagreement, here. Styles are what make
different periods what they are. I could change all of the punctuation in
Melville's books to conform to current usage, but it wouldn't be him to some
extent and the book would lose its flavor. I'm currently doing some
80-year-old science fiction and it could be changed but you wouldn't be reading
that story once I had finished.
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From: Valerie Maples<mailto:vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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; Madeleine Linares<mailto:Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 4:55 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question on readability presentation
I know occasionally allowances are made for slight changes to the print to
allow for better readability. I am doing a very old book where instead of
bolding words to be important/emphasized they are instead separating each
letter with a hyphen to make it more dramatic. An example in this book was the
word wonderful, which was instead represented as: "w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-1". It
would be wonderful (no pun intended) if we had permission to remove the hyphens
and unify the word and instead place it in bold print. Would this be an
allowable exception to improve readability/listening?
Thanks!
Valerie
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