[bookshare-discuss] Re: symbls vs words
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:58:45 -0400
Well, you can't please everyone no matter what. I don't think using words is
appropriate; I believe messing with the book should be kept to a minimum. And
besides, the symbol is used often in books to indicate change of scene or
passage of time, so that is what I use to preserve blank lines in books that do
not have them, or to preserve blank lines in poetry.
As for the [end of desccription] notice: I think it's usually pretty easy to
tell when a description is over without having to write that.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:55 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] symbls vs words
A short while ago a member posted that when she read by listening (is
that Daisy?) with punctuation off the bracket at the end of a description and
asterisks that indicate several line spaces between sections went by so quickly
that it was hard to process them mentally. I responded with a post that asked
if it would be preferable for me to write the words, i.e., asterisk(instead of
using the symbols) and end of description ( instead of a final bracket at the
end of a description; no one responded yea or nay. Today a member told me that
when she's listening the words asterisk(s) are somewhat disrupting. I have in
the past beenusing only one or 2 asterisks; I understand many people use 3;
maybe then they wouldn't fly past so fast. In the book I'm proofing now I'm
using the words, and I won't go aack to change what I've done,but I can
continue using the symbols or continue using words, and I'd like to know what's
preferable for the next books I proof.
Cindy
Cindy
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