[bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 12:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Mayrie. I'll keep using the 3 asterisks
Cindy
--- On Sun, 5/29/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 5:50 AM
> HI Cindy,
>
> Remember that the decision we made to use three asterisks
> came from long
> discussion of the issue years ago. This was the
> preferred solution as per
> input of many users then. And this is what is
> done often in print books.
> I'm sorry we can't please everyone all of the time, but we
> never will, and
> changing something that is working and has been for years
> seems counter
> productive to me.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> On Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 1:30 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
>
> Right. I'm doing that, and have been doing that, but I was
> wondering if it
> might be less annoying to people if instead of asterisks we
> wrote [blank
> lines, or [empty lines, or [white space] the way we write
> [blank page] when
> there is one. Some books I've proofed lately has so
> many sections separated
> by empty space--blank lines; it was just a suggestion.
> Maybe reading the
> words would be just as annoying as reading/hearing so many
> asterisks. smile
> Cindy
>
> --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:37 PM Hi Cindy,
> >
> > Remember that blank lines are removed by the
> conversion tools. Please
> > just use the asterisks to denote blank lines that
> inform of a scene
> > change.
> >
> > Mayrie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Cindy
> > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 11:29 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space?
> >
> > Depending on what you just, read that could be one I
> just proofed. A
> > couple of the books I just finished proofing, and the
> one I'm doing
> > now, has lots of blank line spaces--some the
> equivalent of 2 lines,
> > some larger spaces, e.g., the quivalent of 5 lines. I
> wonder if it
> > would be less annoying to "read" [blank lines], the
> way we put [blank
> > page[ What think you all.
> > Cindy
> >
> > --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Charisma <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Charisma <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white
> space?
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 10:10 PM Oh! So it
> is
> > read as asterisk
> > > asterisk asterisk? I was just about to report a
> book
> > for having one
> > > thousand million "asterisks"
> > > in it! Of
> > > course, they are not in blank spaces but in the
> middle
> > of stuff so it
> > > needs to have a note placed on it anyhow. But now
> I
> > know something
> > > new.
> > >
> > > Again.
> > >
> > > Will I EVER know enough? lol
> > >
> > >
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