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| Apr 27, 2012 at 10:24 | comment | added | Ananda Mahto |
While I can understand your argument for up to a second column, I disagree that it would be useful to have third and fourth columns, even in "crazy truly enormous" multi-volume books. In those situations, the spine of the book would be used to indicate the top level (eg b, c, d, and so on) and the thumb cuts would be used for your ba, be, bi subdivisions.
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| Apr 27, 2012 at 9:16 | comment | added | user56reinstatemonica8 | Depends on the book. If there's so much content within one letter that people might get lost within one letter, then it will help. If there is a manageable amount of content within each letter, then it's redundant. Likewise, if it was a really big book and sections like "animal" could span multiple pages, you might consider adding a third column... and if it was a crazy truly enourmass book, like a multi-volume book, you might even need a fourth... It all depends on the nature of the problem and the nature of the book. For something quite slim, I'm sure one is probably enough. | |
| Apr 27, 2012 at 9:08 | comment | added | Ananda Mahto | Good suggestion, but do you think the second column is necessary or do you think a dictionary-style header with the first and last entry on the page would be more appropriate? | |
| Apr 27, 2012 at 9:01 | history | answered | user56reinstatemonica8 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |