Hi Rik,
I'll cut and paste here a summary of what Madeleine posted a while ago
about how to handle the footnote information when it is below the text
on a page. Short summary: don't add the word footnote, but do put the
footnote text inside of square brackets.
We [Bookshare] ask that the information in the footnote be placed in
brackets if the number is either superscript or regular-sized font in
the text (to clarify that it is not part of the text).... I've been
recommending the method of leaving the number in the text (either in
regular font size or superscripted) and then placing the footnote in
brackets, as that is what both other in-house staff and outsourcers are
instructed to do.
Also, if anyone comes across a book that only has one or two footnotes
and the author has inserted asterisks (and no numbers), please put the
footnote information in square brackets. In this case, include an
asterisk (after the left bracket you add for the footnote text) but
before the footnote information (because there is no number), but no
period after it (the asterisk).
I hope that helps!
Judy s.
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On 12/30/2015 12:12 AM, ohio1803@xxxxx wrote:
*And when the footnote text is below with a bunch of text that is unrelated to the narrative text. Is it so that we should no longer put in the word, “footnote” to announce that when the footnote begins?*
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*Thanks for all.*
*It sure is an interesting book, I think. I wish I had read it in my earlier school years.*
*Rik*
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