07-23-2010, 11:54 PM
Quote:Epictetus:1zthb9e0 Wrote:By the way, here is another thing I forgot to mention: Goldsworthy follows that newer idea of having one footnote for every paragraph and there listing all his sources.Goldsworthy or his publisher perhaps?
Most publishers don't give a damn about what's in footnotes/endnotes, just where you put 'em (most hate footnotes these days, some hate all notes and ban them - I refuse to write for the latter). Coulston and I used one (end)note per paragraph for both editions of B&C as it is tidier and less fussy than one for each citation (and I also made it a rule that there was no discussion in the notes, just references). It's a typesetter/book design thing in me, I'm afraid; just like books that use underlining make me scream manically and attack the book with some form of power tool. Possibly an over-reaction, but hey, it's good for stress. ;-) ) When I typeset the Haverfield bio for Phil Freeman (published by Oxbow, who are always content to let me set my own books) he used footnotes and there are some massive ones in there that carry on for pages - this can cause some page layout software to fall over and whimper, so endnotes are often a practical solution, and one note per paragraph a logical economy.
Mike Bishop
