[bksvol-discuss] Re: was Navigation what do members prefer?
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 14:26:21 -0500
Hi Judy,
While what I wrote earlier was technically correct, I do think it is better
to follow the approach of 16-point chapter headings. In addition to having
the advantages of consistency and simplicity, it can also eliminate
unnecessary work.
As an example, I had a book which I recently submitted in which I started by
putting the titles of the parts in 16-point and the chapter titles in
14-point. But then, well into the book, the author decided to put some
subheadings into one of his chapters. So I had to go back and resize all of
the fonts I had done. It didn't take a huge amount of time, but it was still
extra work.
So I am backpeddling -) on what I said earlier. Because although it wasn't
exactly wrong, following the guidelines is a better approach for multiple
reasons: First, as others have pointed out, it is consistent. Second, it is
simpler to remember. And third, unless you page through the entire book
ahead of time, (and how many of us are going to do that?), you can't be sure
you won't have chapters with subsections in them at some point.
Apologies for any part I may have played in causing confusion.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:49 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: was Navigation what do members prefer?
Hi Ann,
While I agree with you in spirit regarding "how it's done", in fact
Bookshare has very few actual requirements on what a book must have to
enter the collection. The volunteer manual, with few exceptions, provides
guidelines on what a book should have in terms of contents and quality,
and how it should be formatted, not requirements. smile.
Judy s.
On 11/24/2012 6:44 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
Hi all,
Gary, the need for stars when there is a change of scene in a book is not
at issue here. This all started because instead of repeating that
volunteers should follow the manual, some people have been advocating a
laissez faire attitude which is detrimental, especially to new volunteers
and to the consistency of copy on Bookshare. They talk about the
preferred method instead of saying this is how it's done. They talk
about what you can do instead of what you should do. You can't have
laissez faire, you have a manual, it should be followed, period!
BTW, please do not abbreviate Bookshare like that. As you can guess it
looks odd, especially to Americans. We all know we're talking about
Bookshare, if you need to specify, just say staff. I, for one, find the
abbreviation offensive.
Ann P.
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