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From: Jonathan Day <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Extra chapter in Sykes book?
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:55:48 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <001301c72e13$273d3ed0$6400a8c0@Ken1>


Well, yes, you are absolutely correct that the US and
UK font sizes (and font types) are different, as
indeed are the page sizes. There is also a different
tradition on how chapters are organized. (Depending on
publisher, chapters can start on the left or right.)

This is a well-known problem and (to judge from books
I have going back to 1800) not even a new one.

Personally, I believe books should be printed in the
format the author intended, and not adapted or
reformatted to suit the desires of the locals. As
such, if someone on the list talked their local
bookseller into giving them the next edition free,
because their copy was "94 pages short", I would find
it hard to criticize that person.

--- Ken Nordtvedt <> wrote:

> Perhaps there is a different tradition of font size
> in books of USA and of
> Britain, and hence no missing text?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Day" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [DNA] Extra chapter in Sykes book?
>
>
> >
> > --- John Cartmell <>
> wrote:
> >> > According to Amazon.co.uk "The Blood of the
> Isles"
> >> has:
> >> > Hardcover: 400 pages
> >>
> >> Blood of the Isles has 306 pages.
> >>
> >> Do you think I should ask for a refund? ;-)
> >
> > No, just ask for your free 94 pages of errata.
>
>
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