Actually, my guide-dog partner is named Boomer. It doesn't disturb my reading much; it requires more editing, but I don't mind that. I just wondered, for my own submissions, if I should leave page numbers in or take them out, if there were going to be other page numbers inserted into the document anyway. <Shrug> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 3:20 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: a question about page numbering > Boomerad (and Dad, are we talking Baby Boomer, that > you are one and also a dad or that you are the father > of one, or that you have a child who listens to a boom > box all the time? grin) > > It depends on what kind of a file you're reading. For > some reason, some books that are scanned on some kinds > of program -- I'm not sure if it's Kurzweil or what -- > have a set of page numbers separate from the books. > When books are scanned, the preferable thing it to > convert them to rtf to submit. I've fixed at least > two, maybe three, book files in which extra numbers > that did follow a sequential order bore no > relationship to the actual page numbers of the book; > they were maybe 10 or 15 numbers ahead of the actual > number. Also, those page numbers appeared anywhere -- > in the middle of sentences, on a separate line -- > anywhere. Again, if you have a book like this from the > collection, and it disturbs your reading, tell Jesse > and he can arrange to have it fixed or pulled, > depending on how bad the rest of it is. If you're > attempting to validate it and it's too hard to tell > which page numbers are real and which are spurious (is > that the right word?) release it and let someone else > take care of it. > > Cindy > > > --- boomerdad <boomerdad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This is a question I have that isn't born out of > > frustration so much as mere curiosity. > > Why do Bookshare books have two sets of page > > numbers? I understand one is the actual page number > > of a page of a book, provided the submitter kept > > those intact. But what are the other page numbers, > > and why are they there? If I'm submitting a work of > > fiction where the page number isn't going to be a > > necessity for finding information (e.g. from an > > index), can I not include the book's page numbers, > > since these other numbers appear in the book? > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com >