[bksvol-discuss] Re: bksvol-discuss [pq books and page numbers]
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:40:29 -0800 (PST)
A good reason for people to scan books even if they're going to be replaced by
PQ books; then we volunteers could make them more easy to read and navigate.
Could a member wo wants to read a PQ book that it not in one page ask that it
be p0ut on the checkout list as a BSO? then a proofer could download it and get
the print book and proof it and make it better for the collection
Cindy
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> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 7:14 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bksvol-discuss [pq books and page numbers]
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>PQ books do not have page numbers because they do not come in pages. They are
>electronic files. Each one is just one long electronic file that when it is
>sent to the printer will be broken into pages as the book is printed. The
>discussion of that problem has come up here before and I think the conclusion
>is this. The publishers do not get a lot out of donating their books in the
>first place. About the most they get out of it is some public relations
>points. If too many restrictions were put on them it is likely that they would
>just stop donating books. The lack of page numbers is pretty minor even if it
>is an inconvenience, but it is something that we need to put up with. As one
>long file, though, it is similar to the book being printed on one long roll of
>paper without it being cut into pages. When that roll is cut then you will
>have pages and it is the printing press that determines where the cuts will be
>made.
>
>On 2/23/2012 9:09 PM, Ixchel, Jackie (M.E) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I was wondering (and I'm sorry if someone already brought this up) if
>> anyone else wonders/gets kind of annoyed or knows why PQ books don't
>> have page numbers in the book summary page. I don't know if this is
>> just me but I like to know how many pages a book has for my own
>> keeping and I've noticed PQ books don't have this. For example, Hex
>> Hall has no page numbers in the text of it and it doesn't say in the
>> summary. I am just curious. I also wonder if anything can be done for
>> page numbers to appear in the summary page at least.
>> Regards,
>> Jackie
>>
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