[bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing story titles
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 21:51:02 -0400
Why not just put the page number above the chapter title on those pages
where the chapter or story or whatever begins. No need for junk text at all.
Evan
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From: "Mike" <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing story titles
> Well, at least this episode clearly answers one question.
>
> If the submitted book has all its headers perfect (as I know this one did
> since I validated it), and the page numbers are at the bottom of the page,
> you still need to put something before the pages with the actual section
> or story titles or they will be stripped along with the other headers.
> From something Jake said a while ago, I was hoping this would only be true
> if the actual chapter title began with the word chapter and the page
> numbers were at the top of the page, normally, but at the bottom of the
> pages that begin sections. In this book all page numbers were at the
> bottom of the page (they didn't scan as perfectly as the headers, so I had
> to fix a few of them).
>
> So, we can strip the headers, even if they are scanned perfectly, or we
> can move all page numbers to the top of the page, or we can put something
> like this on the pages with section headings.
>
> page break
> blank line
> junk text
> blank line
> Section title
> blank line
> page text
> blank line
> page number
> blank line
> page break
>
> and so on, to prevent section titles from being gobbled up by the
> stripper.
>
> In all previous books I verified, I stripped the headers because some of
> them were garbled and it is easier to delete them than fix the garbling.
> Some I moved all the page numbers to the top of the page, but that's
> pretty tedious.
>
> Oh, and I'm not sure how many of the volumes in this collection are in
> bookshare, but they would have been validated by someone else, so I don't
> know if they would have the story titles or not.
>
> Misha
>
>
> Bob wrote:
>> I have just downloaded "
>> Thunder and Roses: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume 4"
>> listed in the new books section of the website.
>>
>>
>>
>> It's a great scan and validation: except for one minor problem. The story
>> titles are missing from the text.
>>
>>
>>
>> Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think the story titles are somewhat important in
>> a collection of short stories, unless you are willing to read the book
>> from cover to cover, or don't mind having your point of view wrenched
>> drastically from one point-of-view/character/setting to another one
>> without warning.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think I can fix the problem fairly easily, as long as the page numbers
>> in the book correspond to the page numbers in the table of contents. What
>> do I do then? I will wind up with a .kes file that can be converted to an
>> .rtf file. Can I get my amended version put back into the collection?
>>
>>
>>
>> I presume there are at least three previous books in this series. Are
>> they also missing story titles?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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