{"product_id":"the-text-in-the-machine-electronic-texts-in-the-humanities-9780789004246","title":"The Text in the Machine Electronic Texts in the Humanities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first comprehensive guide to explore the growing field of electronic information, The Text in the Machine: Electronic Texts in the Humanities will help you create and use electronic texts. This book explains the processes involved in developing computerized books on library Web sites, CD-ROMs, or your own Web site. With the information provided by The Text in the Machine, you?ll be able to successfully transfer written words to a digitized form and increase access to any kind of information. Keeping the perspectives of scholars, students, librarians, users, and publishers in mind, this book outlines the necessary steps for electronic conversion in a comprehensive manner. The Text in the Machine addresses many variables that need to be taken into consideration to help you digitize texts, such as:  \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edefining types of markup, markup systems, and their uses \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eidentifying characteristics of the written text, such as its linguistic and physical nature, before choo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Preface \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Markup Systems for Electronic Texts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Is Markup? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Markup-Free Texts? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Descriptive Markup Systems \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Web Sites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Creating an Electronic Text \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Keying the Text \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reusing an Existing Text \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Scanning the Text \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Web Sites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Delivery Mechanisms for Electronic Texts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Transmission Media \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Software \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Web Sites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Organizing Access to Electronic Texts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Individual Scholar As Publisher \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Institutional Approaches to Publishing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Generic Issues: Metadata and Preservation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Web Sites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Structures, Architectures, and Editions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Structure and Architecture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Types of Editions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Further Reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Web Sites \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reference Notes Included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090738082135,"sku":"9780789004246","price":50.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789004246.jpg?v=1762273271","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-text-in-the-machine-electronic-texts-in-the-humanities-9780789004246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}