06-03-2019, 07:45 PM | #16 |
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I don't have ANY linking yet. I have text with superscript references in the main section, then a Notes section with numbered paragraphs.
I propose initially to link all the [1] references forward to paragraph 1, link back to just the first one. Same for [2] etc. Should be able to cobble together a bit of regex to do this easily enough. Then I'll submit to the client, without comment. |
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Another choice would be to have no links whatsoever. Instead, the first time 1 is reached place the note in the next paragraph indented as a block. Then add a statement to the end of the note stating that all item 1's in this book reference this note.
And then similarly for the 2's etc. Then if the reader wants to reread a reference he can mark it with a tab. Dale Last edited by DaleDe; 06-03-2019 at 07:55 PM. |
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Since I make my living by writing, not formatting, I would suggest telling him/her/it to take his/her/its business elsewhere. Ninety-two instances? That's madness.
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Yeah. It seems to me that anything important enough to be cited 92 times should probably have been in the main flow of the book instead of a footnote.
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I think we all accepted from the outset that this book is perversely constructed. And that there is little point in reiterating this fact!
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Well, any ereader software that doesn't have a back function is broken. Just how many broken (in this regard) ereaders are out there?
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My first reader did not have a 'back'. I am not sure about either the K4nt or my Kobo. Most of what I read does not have (or need), footnotes. My problem is touchscreens. I have large hands, and now issues with my eyes are making the touch of a precise place, near impossible. |
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Not only does the K4NT have a back button, the K2 does as well. Although the K2 is not a K1, I'm pretty sure that in 2019 it qualifies as an early Kindle. FWIW, I think it is fine to provide a backlink for footnotes, but demanding that the book itself know how to get back to one of many references is a bit absurd. |
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I wish that they all had back functionality, because, brother, it would make my life dramatically easier. The many-to-one issue with eBooks is real and it's a major pita to explain to clients as to why it can't be done, or has to be done this way or that. I end up wasting at LEAST an hour of time with every client that INSISTS that they gotta have fully-linked, two-way indices with multiple outbound (from the index) links going to the same pages, articles/sections/whatever. It's a damn nightmare. Hitch |
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THEN, of course, they send back a crapload of questions, because they mostly don't get the explanation. THEN, I send back more answers and finally, after about 4 emails, they decide one way or the other. If your comms with your clients are easier, I envy you, I really do. Hitch |
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