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Originally Posted by Notjohn
Since my major preoccupation is as author, not as formatter, I don't think you...
Would you also reformat À la recherche du temps perdu?
Never heard of it. but for starters, I'd certainly translate it
.. and I don't believe Mr Smith has accepted yours.
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Whoa
He does not have to: I am not publishing a revision, I am not even sharing it with anyone, unless the cat fancies a read. What I have done is made it more consumable, on a device and in an app of my choosing. Perhaps Mr Smith has never used an e- reader.
Do I really have to read Kerouac's On the Road, on a continuous roll of paper , and not in a book that has the audacity to split it up into pages ( shock , horror ) , just because that's how he wrote it .
PS I was thinking of re-reading the 10 commandments- do let me know where to get permission to format shift from the original stone lumps