TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Re: New Chapter On Right/Leave Left Page Blank -Reply
Subject:Re: New Chapter On Right/Leave Left Page Blank -Reply From:Martha J Davidson <editrix -at- SLIP -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 27 May 1999 12:29:35 -0700
At 11:31 AM 5/27/99 -0700, Chuck Martin wrote:
>While I'm not going
>to spend time researching the issue, I can't recall any book I've seen,
>from technical manual to computer book to science hardcover to trade
>paperback to mass-market paperback that didn't start chapters on the
>right-hand page.
Since this issue came to my attention a couple of years ago, I've noticed
several mass-market mystery novels that start chapters on either page.
When I read Chuck's post, I took a quick look at the books on my desk, and
found two that start chapters on both right- and left-hand pages.
Ironically, the first one I found was Strunk & White (second edition,
Macmillan 1972) and the second one was The Design of Everyday Things, by
Donald Norman.
Fascinating...
martha
--
Martha Jane {Kolman | Davidson}
Dances With Words mailto:editrix -at- slip -dot- net
"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
If I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?"
--Hillel, "Mishna, Sayings of the Fathers 1:13"
