[bksvol-discuss] Re: numbering preliminary pages[bksvol-discuss]was Re: Puzzling Problem
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:02:46 -0700 (PDT)
I think I skipped some posts, but..I do what I think Mayrie and Lynn do.
If the pages have lower case roman numerals I put them in. If the pages are not
numbered, but the first page of chapter one is numbered something other than 1,
I count backward and put a number on the preceding pages until I reach the
number thatt is on the first page of the chapter. I check it twice (i.i., start
with the number 1 I put in and count until I get to the first page of the
chapter That way the reader knows hat no pages, like a forward or
acknowledgments or prologue are missing. Sometimes, if there are to many pages
or I can't get them numbered correctly because of pictures or blank pages or
review I just note, in the synopsis, that the of the text or story or whatever
is whatever it is
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 8/29/09, Lynn I <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Lynn I <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Puzzling Problem
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 7:14 AM
Hi Lori!
I've done what Mayrie does. It will drive you crazy
otherwise.
Just number backward from the roman numeral page ix--that's my
advice, for what it's worth. *smile*.
HTH
Blessings.
Lynn I
----- Original Message -----
From:
Mayrie
ReNae
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:05
AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Puzzling
Problem
Hi Lori,
It isn't exact, but I have experienced
what you are talking about. I just number backward from roman numeral ix
and if there are pages before roman numeral i, well, then, I just leave them
unnumbered.
Often there are pages before what the
publisher seemed to consider the first page of the book containing raves and
things like that that they seem not to consider pages.
Why do we number the preliminary
pages? Because it makes sense, I guess. And I assume that if the
publisher actually numbered a page ix, then it seems sensible that said
publisher considered, or even did (but they didn't scan) number the pages
before that page with the preceding roman numerals.
This is not a step required by
bookshare. Remember that bookshare only requires that a book have all of
its pages, an accurate copyright page and title page, and 90% of page breaks,
with the 90% of page numbers being in the works to be required. The rest
of what we have written about in our documentation for proofreading and
scanning are the things that a concensus of quite a few people consider the
best way to create the most readable books possible. Since bookshare
only requires the things I've mentioned above, as Bob says, I guess the rest
are just suggestions.
I do want to say that a lot of
experience and conversation did go into creating the suggestions that we
created. And we didn't decide anything just because we felt like making more
work for ourselves or for other people.
I'm sorry everything isn't exact and set
in stone. Or anywhere near perfect in every single situation.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori
Castner
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 4:11 AM
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Puzzling
Problem
Hi, Everyone,
I have a very minor puzzling situation in a book
I'm proofreading.
In one of the newer documents on what to do as a
proofreader, it states that we are to number preliminary pages with lower
case
Roman numerals beginning with i.
However, in this book I am proofing, the
acknowledgments begin on IX (Roman numeral nine), but there are ten actual
pages before the acknowledgments begin. One is a blank page which I can
remove, but even so there will still be nine preliminary pages before the
first page with a page number, Roman numeral nine. Do I begin my lower
case numerals with zero--is there a Roman numeral for zero?
And why are we numbering these unnumbered
preliminary pages anyway?
Bob, I'm waiting for a humorous answer from you,
but also seriously what do I do when the number of unnumbered pages is
greater
than the lower case numerals?
Lori C.
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