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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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Originally Posted by SigilBear
1) How should I describe this book? Should I call it a "revision," an "annotated, updated version," an "upgrade," etc.?
2) How should I describe myself - as the co-author, editor, etc.?
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I suggest "annotated edition" and yourself as "editor" |
I agree. Annotated Edition + Editor would probably work best.
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Originally Posted by SigilBear
I'm also going to insert a few comments where needed. For example, if the original book says "Vermont has no state bird," I might write, "Today, Vermont is represented by the hermit thrush."
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I personally would leave the text exactly as it was originally, then add in your own Editor's footnote:
or you could decide to have multiple sets of concurrent footnotes (Original + Editor).
If the originals are numbered [1]-[99], you could make the Editor's be [a]-[z] or[*] [†] [‡] (depending on how many there are per chapter).
If you use an alternate numbering scheme, then you can forgo the usage of "—Editor" (it should be obvious that the second types of footnotes were added in the Annotated version).
Side Note: Back in 2013 I posted images + code + an example of an EPUB I worked on that had 3 distinct sets of footnotes (Original + Translator + Editor):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...38#post2661838
Read everything Before/After in that post as well... I believe it has a lot of relevant info on digitizing Footnotes in ebooks with some in-depth examples. I even posted examples of a book that
still holds my record for the MOTHER OF ALL FOOTNOTES (one went across 7 pages).