What is really pointless is putting an index in a book where the page numbers are stripped. ----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:58 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: indexes?
Your analogy is faulty. Putting Do Not Eat warnings on inedible objects is simply redundant. Knowing what an author thinks is important is not.Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hill" <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] indexes?May be a stupid question, but why does one need an index when any decent computer has a search function? Sure, it may be nice to know what the author felt was important enough to put in an index, but that seems about as important as the do not eat warnings printed all over inedible objects. I've tried to include indexes when I scan just because I figured if nobody wanted it they could remove it, but the whole practice seems rather pointless. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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