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netmouse ([personal profile] netmouse) wrote2005-03-06 01:15 pm

Another Sunny Day

Today I am having trouble motivating myself to go down in the basement and sand the trim and the stairs, given how lovely the sunshine is. For lunch I sat in the sun and read and ate, sitting among my plants in the livng room, and it was just lovely. I did the same thing yesterday - yesterday I finished Marvel 1602 and today I finally finished Starlight 2.

It's been a long time since I spent the greater part of a day reading fiction. This weekend I've also been editing a couple things as I read them on my laptop. -Which reminds me, I've been wondering, aren't we at the point where the final typsetting of things is done electronically? Is there a reason why the publisher shouldn't return a copyedited version of a book or story in electronic form to the author?
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[identity profile] batwrangler.livejournal.com 2005-03-06 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The final, correct version exists in the typesetting program (so .vp or .qxd rather than as .rtf or .doc) and gets converted to .pdf for the printer (our primary printer is going DTP from the .pdfs). We *could* convert it to .rtf (probably by cropping the headers and footers off the pdf and having Acrobat "save as") but we're all wearing multiple hats as it is and thankfully, haven't had to.
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[identity profile] netmouse.livejournal.com 2005-03-06 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
*nod* thanks for explaining.