[bksvol-discuss] The WIld Island
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 17:29:48 -0700 (PDT)
Huh. The one I've requested is published by Norton in
1978. I tried to find out more about Mandarin and
Octopus publishing but I didn't learn much. I suspect
they're just not very good.
Have you validated and uploaded it? Write to me
offlist.
Cindy
--- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Cindy,
>
> Here is the information from the book:)
>
> A Mandarin Paperback
> THE WILD ISLAND
> First published in Great Britain 1978
> by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd
> This edition published 1989
> by Mandarin Paperbacks
> Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW3 6rb
> Mandarin is an imprint of the Octopus Publishing
> Group
> Copyright C Antonia Fraser 1978
> ISBN 0 7493 0260 7
>
> A CIP catalogue record for this title
>
> is available from the British Library
>
> Reproduced, printed and bound in Great Britain by
>
> BPCC Hazell Books Ltd
>
> Member of BPCC Ltd
>
> Aylesbury, Bucks, England
>
> This book is sold subject to the condition
>
> that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise,
>
> be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated
>
> without the publisher's prior consent in any form
>
> of binding or cover other than that in which it
>
> is published and without a similar condition
>
> including this condition being imposed
>
> on the subsequent purchaser.
>
>
> Katie Hill
> Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in
> opposition to
>
> what we know of Nature.
>
> -St. Augustine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:29 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting
> question
>
> Spread out, yes, but so closely bunched together?
> That's poor publishing (at one point inmy life I was
> a
> proofreader, smile). Who is the publisher?
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > HI Cindy and all:)
> >
> > Maybe the wild island was fully justified before
> it
> > went to print. That
> > could have caused words to be spread out and
> bunched
> > together on some lines.
> >
> >
> >
> > Katie Hill
> > Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but
> in
> > opposition to
> >
> > what we know of Nature.
> >
> > -St. Augustine
> >
> > Saturday June 3 9:20 am
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Lisa Belville
> > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:47 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting
> > question
> >
> > Hi, Cindy.
> >
> > I read my books with speech, and I have never
> > noticed any difference
> > depending on how lines are justified. However,
> the
> > gaps between words might
> >
> > be a pain for Braille users, so maybe left
> > justifying is the way to go.
> >
> > The reason the fully justified lines have large
> > spaces between words is
> > because the word processor is trying to line both
> > the right and left margins
> >
> > up perfectly straight, and so it moves words
> around
> > to make this happen. I
> > can remember seeing what this looks like when I
> read
> > print and it could look
> >
> > kind of funky. <smiles>
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:42 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] another formatting
> > question
> >
> >
> > > I'm asking this belatedly, having been
> validating
> > > books for several years (I've forgotten how
> many,
> > and
> > > my profile doesn't say when I started), but as I
> > > looked at a line in the file i'm validating
> now---
> > >
> > > In some book files the alignment of the text is
> > > justified, and in others it's flush left. I
> > usually
> > > leave it as it is, and when I submit a book I
> make
> > it
> > > flush left. Looking at the justified lines, I
> > realized
> > > suddenly that there are sometimes large spaces
> > between
> > > words--this never happens when the text is flush
> > left.
> > > Does it make a difference to you braille and
> > audio
> > > readers? Would flush left be better? I don't
> > remember
> > > that the instructions ever said.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > >
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