[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading" footnote numbers and quotation marks

  • From: "Sharon" <mt281820@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 09:19:15 -0400

Footnotes are not going to be a problem in most cases, and often you need to
hear where they are if it's an educational or reference text.
Sharon

-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:18 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading" footnote numbers and
quotation marks


When I upload books after validation I put comments
for the reader, e.g. "contains dialect," or "English
spelling and grammar," or "contains profanity" in the
long synopsis. My understanding is comments in the
comments space at that point just go to the
administrator, formerly Gustavo.

And one could point such comments in a review, which
is what I was thinking of if the constant footnote
numbers, a hundred or more in each chapter, might
annoy  a blind reader if hearing them interrupted the
flow. Elizabeth says she has no problems with such,
though, and so far I haven't heard from anyone else.

Cindy

--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
<agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there not a place when you upload the book to
> include a comment on the
> book not just on the "scan". It seems I have seen
> such comments on books in
> the collection but I don't remember exactly where.
>
> Amy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:48 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading"
> footnote numbers and
> quotation marks
>
>
> > Oh, I wasn't planning to change anything. All the
> > notes and the bibliography and the idex are at the
> end
> > of the book. In fact, the book is already in the
> > collection rated Excellent. I'm reading a print
> copy
> > myself because it sounded interesting. But I was
> > thinking of writing a brief review for the one in
> the
> > collection in which I would warn about the
> > multitudinous quotation marks and footnote numbers
> in
> > each chapter. Perhaps there's a way Braille
> readers
> > and/or daisy readers can turn off punctuation and
> can
> > read the text without those being stated. If I had
> to
> > hear the numbers every few phrases I think I'd go
> > nuts.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> > -- Amy Goldring Tajalli
> > <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I have often seen books with dual footnotes:
> >> informational ones at the
> >> bottom of the page, source ones in a list at the
> end
> >> of the the text of the
> >> book Labeled "Footnotes" and consisting
> exclusively
> >> of sources.  Oddly,
> >> there is usually another "List of Sources" or
> >> "Bibliography" sometimes
> >> designated "of Sources" if followed  by a
> >> "Bibliography for Further
> >> Readings".
> >>
> >> I don't think it would be proper to change
> whatever
> >> designations there are
> >> but after the first source footnote number it
> might
> >> be acceptable to put a
> >> "reader's note" at the bottom of the page stating
> >> that  all the footnotes
> >> are source notes and are found at the end of the
> [or
> >> wherever and under what
> >> title if any]. That would not be infringing upon
> any
> >> rights limited to the
> >> author or publisher but could be an aide to the
> >> blind reader and should not,
> >> therefore, be objected to by said author or
> >> publisher.  Since the question
> >> of "rights" is involved you might ask Jim or John
> >> about the legal position
> >> in terms of copyright agreements with publishers.
> >> Other than that I can see
> >> no objection.  I have often found such notations
> in
> >> RFB&D books. [A copy of
> >> the Kipling was donated to me after having been
> >> recorded by them and I found
> >> typed notes taped in it that had been included
> >> orally in the recordings but
> >> which I excluded as irrelevvant for the Bookshare
> >> copy.]
> >>
> >> Amy
> >> omsm
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> >> <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 3:04 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question re "reading"
> >> footnote numbers and
> >> quotation marks
> >>
> >>
> >> > I'm reading a print book, a copy of which is in
> >> the
> >> > bookshare collection. I read another book by
> the
> >> same
> >> > author which was quite readable. This one has
> >> > unnumerable footnote numbers (the footnotes
> >> themselves
> >> > are all iat the end of the book) and quotation
> >> > marks--phrase quotes from sources in sentences
> and
> >> he
> >> > notes within and at the end of the sentences.
> >> >
> >> > At a sighted person I can mentally bypass them,
> >> though
> >> > not as well as I'd like, but I'm wondering if
> they
> >> > would be really annoying to someone reading in
> >> Braille
> >> > or Daisy. I'm asking because I'm wondering if I
> >> should
> >> > write a brief review mentioning this so readers
> >> can be
> >> > forewarned.
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________
________
> >> > Don't pick lemons.
> >> > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos.
> >> > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html
> >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank
> Email
> >> to
> >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the
> >> subject line.  To get a list
> >> > of available commands, put the word 'help' by
> >> itself in the subject line.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>  To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email
> to
> >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the
> subject
> >> line.  To get a list of available commands, put
> the
> >> word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
____________________________________________________________________________
________
> > Finding fabulous fares is fun.
> > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel
> sites to find flight and
> > hotel bargains.
> > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email
> to
> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the
> subject line.  To get a list
> > of available commands, put the word 'help' by
> itself in the subject line.
> >
> >
>
>
>  To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject
> line.  To get a list of available commands, put the
> word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
>
>




____________________________________________________________________________
________
8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time
with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut.
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news
 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line.  To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.

 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line.  To get a list of 
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.

Other related posts: