Large type
Dates: 3/1/01,3:19 PM through 3/3/01,11:56 AM (3 postings)
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FROM: "Maureen A. Socha" <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 3/1/01, 3:19 PM
This afternoon a patron asked a question concerning large type books that
I could not answer. Does anyone know if the large type fiction books are
abridged? Patron recently re-read a book and recalled that it seemed
parts of the book were missing.
Please respond to me directly - [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us.
Thank you very much for your time,
Maureen
FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 3/1/01, 5:26 PM
I have nothing to do with large print editions on my job, but have
picked up a few for my personal library when they are of authors I
collect anyway. So, having seen no more authorative answer here
yet from people who *do* work with them--
Surely the only comprehensive answer is that "some do and some don't."
I have noticed a tendency in large print editions of short story
anthologies to leave out a story or three, but not to abridge those
stories they do include. I don't recall seeing any large print novels
that were obviously abridged, but I'm sure some exist. But I would
think any such would indicate that fact in the book, just as happens
(or ought to happen) with any other books that are abridgements.
There used to be a common assumption in the early days of paperbacks
that paperbacks "must" be abridged, and some publishers rebutted this
assumption by such notes as "This is the entire text; not one word
has been omitted." But again it was the general (though not quite
universal rule) that a respectable publisher will indicate if the
edition is an abridgement, and that unless it is stated to be such
that it is not.
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
(who is always irked at such notes as "Modernized and streamlined
for today's readers")
FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 3/3/01, 11:56 AM
I have been ordering large print for 4-5 years for our library and I haven't found any to be abridged. Publishers used to abridge some lengthy LP titles such as those by James Michener as the book would be way to heavy and thick if the entire book were to be published. However, I can't speak for titles published by book clubs, although any that have been donated seem to be full-length. If the book your patron read was an older title, it is possible it was a condensed version (Anya Seton's books were also abridged years ago). If the book wasn't abridged, the publisher would often publish two volumes, a practice I have always hated since one volume would get checked out without the other.
I *have* run into some LP books that have parts missing just because the publisher made an error. OPEN HOUSE by Berg had some pages missing and was caught by a patron.
HTH,
Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
[removed]@open.org
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