Yes, Roger, and that's what I did with the previous book I proofed and with
this one;;the previous book was returned to me; the main part started on
p. 19 and I was told to put roman numerals on the preceding pages; so
this time, after having done the same thing, using Arabic numbers up to p.
21; I anticipated the book's being rejected and so went back and changed
the preceding page numbers to Roman numeral;s; it took several hours
because the print book's pages stuck together and I had to separate
them,count to be sure what the numeral should be, and replace the Arabic
number with the right roman numeral;I couldn't just assume. oh well, every
thing's done now; a last spell check and pagination check of the final
chapters and I can check in the book
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Before I start a book I always check to find out what page has the first
page number and then count the pages backward to find out if I have to add
any Roman numerals. The pagination formatting is too variable from book to
book for me to just assume that there will be preliminary pages before page
one. It is something that should always be checked before starting.
On 10/29/2016 8:03 AM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
That makes perfect sense. Unfortunately, that information has come too
late. Chapter 1 begins on. p. 21 If I hadn't spent so long going back and
putting in Roman numerals (the print pages stuck together so it took time
separating them and sure I had the right numbers for the right page and
changed the Arabic numbers on that page to the Roman numerals i I'd have
this book checked in now. But for a previous book I proofed I'd done that
and was told I had to put in the Roman numerals The book was rejected and
sent back to me for that correction after I'd checked it in
Vanessa -- clarification please.
Cindy
On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Deborah Murray <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Cindy,
You don’t have to use Roman numerals if the text of the book begins on a
page other than page 1. Your first inclination was correct—simply number
back from the first numbered page of the book until you number back to one.
Use the Roman numerals if you still have un-numbered pages, or if the print
copy has used Roman numerals for the preliminary pages.
Does that make sense?
Deborah
*From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy Rosenthal
*Sent:* Saturday, October 29, 2016 3:55 AM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Cc:* Vanessa Wai
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] mild complaint and request for rationale
I've just spent a few hours changing pages that precede the main text of
a book to lower case Roman numerals. Originally I'd numbered them with
Arabic numbers to end up with p. 21 which is the page on which Chapter 1
is.
Why, since the book has Arabic page numbers do we have use Roman
numerals for preceding pages? I thought we're not supposed to do things
differently from the print book
Cindy
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