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Straag Rod (The Turning Wheel): Book 1

• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  Thanks, Sotek. 

  Thanks, Sotek. 

• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  Will be following rules for formatting, so the pdf will look a bit different from how it looks in Straag Rod the blog.

  ebook formatting.

  Will be following rules for formatting, so the pdf will look a bit different from how it looks in Straag Rod the blog.

  ebook formatting.

• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  *takes it*

  Thankish. Needs it much. 

  *takes it*

  Thankish. Needs it much. 

• The Wing

  

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  December 9, 2015

  So it'll have indented paragraphs without those annoying, gaping spaces in between? Sounds good to me. 

  So it'll have indented paragraphs without those annoying, gaping spaces in between? Sounds good to me. 

• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  Ha! Funny how opinions differ. Guess I'm used to academic writing and reading pdfs. The indented paragraphs with no spaces are annoying to me now. 

  Fine for an actual, physical book, but for internet documents, blah, wall of text really hurts my eyes after a while. 

  Will see if I can link within the pdf to author's notes, and then tack all of those in the end of the book. The other option are footnotes, which I have seen in books before, but mostly non-fiction, though it occasionally pops up in very detailed fiction that I've read. I am leaning towards putting it in the end though. Which means translations would be at the end.

  Ha! Funny how opinions differ. Guess I'm used to academic writing and reading pdfs. The indented paragraphs with no spaces are annoying to me now. 

  Fine for an actual, physical book, but for internet documents, blah, wall of text really hurts my eyes after a while. 

  Will see if I can link within the pdf to author's notes, and then tack all of those in the end of the book. The other option are footnotes, which I have seen in books before, but mostly non-fiction, though it occasionally pops up in very detailed fiction that I've read. I am leaning towards putting it in the end though. Which means translations would be at the end.

• Idesto

  

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  December 9, 2015

  Terry Pratchett uses lots of footnotes; although usually for comic effect

  Terry Pratchett uses lots of footnotes; although usually for comic effect

• The Wing

  

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  December 9, 2015

  I always thought it looked much more sophisticated. Here is a sample of what my Microsoft Word documents look like these days (the font and paragraph spacing changes frequently). I actually think it looks quite nice. That's just my opinion, though.

  Don't worry about spoilers by the way; this is from a chapter that was scrapped and features characters that were either stripped of their position and thrown into the deepest well in Tamriel, or have been reassigned to other duties.

  I always thought it looked much more sophisticated. Here is a sample of what my Microsoft Word documents look like these days (the font and paragraph spacing changes frequently). I actually think it looks quite nice. That's just my opinion, though.

  Don't worry about spoilers by the way; this is from a chapter that was scrapped and features characters that were either stripped of their position and thrown into the deepest well in Tamriel, or have been reassigned to other duties.

• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  No, I don't dislike the formatting. I rather like it actually... for books. But unless people print it, I imagine most will read this online, which can cause issues seeing so much text. Still wondering how a monster pdf at 690 pages will translate to this formatting? I'll probably opt for the book formatting. I do like good old Times New Roman. 

  Don't fancy your single quotes, though. I know it's super trendy now, but blah. 

  No, I don't dislike the formatting. I rather like it actually... for books. But unless people print it, I imagine most will read this online, which can cause issues seeing so much text. Still wondering how a monster pdf at 690 pages will translate to this formatting? I'll probably opt for the book formatting. I do like good old Times New Roman. 

  Don't fancy your single quotes, though. I know it's super trendy now, but blah. 

• Mirric

  

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  December 9, 2015

  I'm likely gonna print it.

  I'm likely gonna print it.
• The Long-Chapper

  

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  December 9, 2015

  That be a lot of paper and ink, friend.

  That be a lot of paper and ink, friend.