The new part is not clearly indicated though. The parts are just separated by two blank pages. Shannon "The different among us tell our stories because we are all only human and so much need a witness to the truth," Claudia Bepko ----- Original Message ----- From: EVAN REESE To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Pearl Diver I'm not sure why it would confuse the proofreader or the approver if, as Shannon said, the blank pages separate parts of the book. I mean, if you see a blank page, then read something like Part Two, or Chapter X, why would that be confusing? Of course, if the blank page came in the middle of a sentence, or if the next page started with perhaps the beginning of a sentence, but no indication that it was the beginning of a new part or chapter, maybe that might be confusing. But those pages may not be blank after all, perhaps having a picture on them. However, in this case, she clearly says that the blank pages separate parts of the book. So I would figure that there would be an indication of the beginning of the new section right after the blank page. Any proofreader who was reading the book, as a proofreader should, would see that. Still, I don't suppose it's a really big deal in the larger scheme of things, to put something like "blank page" on the blank pages, to prevent any possible confusion. Although I personally don't see why it would be necessary if the blank page really does separate parts of the book and the new part is clearly indicated. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Carrie Karnos To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Pearl Diver Well, the problem is that if you leave the pages blank, it confuses the proofreader and the person approving the book (are those pages supposed to be blank? maybe she missed something...) but if you put [blank page], it annoys some readers. Can't win! Personally I would prefer to see [blank page] because putting that in makes it CRYSTAL CLEAR to everyone - the proofreader, the approver, the readers - that the page is blank. I imagine some readers would wonder about the pages too. My 2 cents, Carrie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: solsticesinger <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 4:24:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Pearl Diver Those pages were intentionally blank, as they separate parts of the book. I had my roommate look at the book, and she said that they are totally blank. So, should I write something like, "this page is intentionally blank"? I would think that might be annoying to come across when reading the book, but I can do it, if you think it's best. Shannon "The different among us tell our stories because we are all only human and so much need a witness to the truth," Claudia Bepko ----- Original Message ----- From: Carrie Karnos To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:27 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Pearl Diver Hi Shannon, I tried to return The Pearl Diver to the processing queue (I'll explain why later), but when I clicked on the button to return it, I got a system crash. I've alerted Engineering about this, so hopefully they'll fix it soon. Until they fix this bug, I can't return the book for more editing. The reason I returned it is because there were 6 blank pages - numbers 35, 36, 207, 208, 235 and 236 (as I recall). The proofreader thought that text was missing from the pages, but I'm thinking that there were pictures there, since the surrounding pages do not stop in mid-sentence. Ah! Here's a workaround. I'll reject your book, you fix those pages (either add the missing text or add [blank page] or add [picture removed] or whatever), and resubmit it. Want to try that? Carrie -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: solsticesinger <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 2:44:19 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Pearl Diver Kari, It says that you proofread the book, and rejected it. Was there a problem with the scan? Shannon "The different among us tell our stories because we are all only human and so much need a witness to the truth," Claudia Bepko