tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post7480799998529086191..comments2024-03-29T00:47:12.051+00:00Comments on Biblibio: Footnotes vs. endnotesMeytal Radzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-50710634223524262762012-11-20T22:03:34.002+00:002012-11-20T22:03:34.002+00:00I think that with Victoriana, I've read so man...I think that with Victoriana, I've read so many that it's more a reminder than new info ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-19033876724233153902012-11-15T12:12:56.567+00:002012-11-15T12:12:56.567+00:00Footnotes. I tend to ignore endnotes unless I'...Footnotes. I tend to ignore endnotes unless I'm feeling particularly studious. If they're on the same page I can't ignore them so I get more out of them.Marie Cloutierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938166831865436287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-45329380797295614432012-11-13T08:35:05.503+00:002012-11-13T08:35:05.503+00:00I was going to make exactly the opposite point to ...I was going to make exactly the opposite point to Jenny because in the early Terry Pratchett books the footnotes become endnotes and you can't easily return to your place unless you've remembered to bookmark it. And I always want to read both footnotes and endnotes. They so often lead you down interesting byways that you might never otherwise have considered, dropping in ideas that the writer hasn't thought were quite well developed enough to be part of the main 'narrative' but which are just too tempting to leave out. Sometimes, the best bits are in the footnotes.Alexhttp://thinkinginfragments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-51723069370611181212012-11-10T22:28:12.094+00:002012-11-10T22:28:12.094+00:00I like footnotes better in a physical book, but in...I like footnotes better in a physical book, but in an e-book it's okay either way. One of the things I love about ebooks is that the foot/endnotes are hyperlinked, so you can click to look at them and then click back without worrying about losing your place.<br /><br />However UGH I really hate editions of classics that have such uninformative notes. I love reading notes that will give me good information, and it's such a disappointment to chase down an endnote only to have it say something like "A chaise is a kind of carriage".Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-32902078525351191022012-11-10T22:12:04.804+00:002012-11-10T22:12:04.804+00:00But how do you remember what the context is? If I ...But how do you remember what the context is? If I go back to the endnotes at the end of a chapter, I never understand what they're referencing...Meytal Radzinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805413335735169073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246220242273461143.post-12026662687185021892012-11-10T22:07:36.395+00:002012-11-10T22:07:36.395+00:00I actually prefer endnotes. I usually go to them ...I actually prefer endnotes. I usually go to them after a chapter (or a few chapters), rather than interrupt my reading. For example, when I read Trollope's books, I usually go for four-chapter chunks, then catch up on the endnotes after finishing reading (unless there's something I really think I might need to know there and then).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com