[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading" footnote numbers and quotation marks
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:55:39 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for your input, too, Jake.
Cindy
--- Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> Reviews are not intended for this purpose, you may
> frighten someone away
> from reading the book who wouldn't have a problem
> with the book's
> formatting. Keep in mind as well that it won't cost
> a person any money to
> download the book and find it out for themselves. So
> no, it's not necessary.
>
> Jake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 7:24 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re "reading"
> footnote numbers and
> quotation marks
>
>
> >I seem unable to make my meaning/intent clear this
> > weekend.
> >
> > If a non-fiction book has copious footnotes,
> because
> > the author (perhaps because of the recent news of
> > well-known and respected authors not crediting
> their
> > sources?) quotes a lot and footnotes a lot, would
> the
> > casual reader who might be interested in the
> subject
> > like to know that in advance of taking the book to
> > read? There is an extensive bibliography;; the
> > footnote numbers and the footnotes themselves,
> which
> > give the sources for the quoted material,
> substantiate
> > the author's research and assure the reader and
> > scholars that she isn't plagiarizing.
> >
> > So my question is, shall I take a minute to write
> in a
> > review that these exist or is it not enough or a
> > problem for me not to? For readers/listeners like
> Dave
> > and me, I think I should. If the majority of
> "readers"
> > are like E, I guess it doesn't matter.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> >
> > --- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Well I don't do braille if I can avoid it, so
> >> consequently the books
> >> I enjoy are via audible feedback, and as such I
> can
> >> become annoyed if
> >> there are too many interruption that tend to
> break
> >> the flow of the text.
> >> Saying that however, I guess I would have to
> admit,
> >> for anyone doing
> >> research, they would probably find them helpful
> for
> >> coming up with
> >> associated material. This situation brings out
> the
> >> beauty of reading
> >> material like this on the Internet where in lieu
> of
> >> the footnote
> >> markers links can be used instead.
> >> You may have noticed that I carefully tried to
> avoid
> >> using the word
> >> reading above, as in the past we've tended to get
> >> into protracted
> >> arguments about whether reviewing an audible
> book,
> >> or text with
> >> synthesized speech qualifies as reading.
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >> At 02:17 AM 3/11/2007, you wrote:
> >> >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
> >>
> >>
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