tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post474182797840387142..comments2023-12-29T19:35:59.667-05:00Comments on Reading Matters: Bestselling author Jen Lancaster coming to CharlotteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-61282036567636927662013-01-29T09:10:13.154-05:002013-01-29T09:10:13.154-05:00Responding to the anonymous commenter who's up...Responding to the anonymous commenter who's upset about our lack of italics: The Observer's style is to put book titles in quotation marks. Different publications use different style manuals. Most newspapers follow the Associated Press Stylebook. Pam Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740402376536550623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-18952868321643235992013-01-28T15:08:34.544-05:002013-01-28T15:08:34.544-05:00In response to the above and the so-called "e...In response to the above and the so-called "eHow Contributor"...<br /><br />If I can do italics <i>here</i> in the comments section, then surely Pam Kelley ought to be able to do it in her column. Especially since she's the "Reading Life Editor". If you can'd do simple HTML in 2013, you have a problem. Italics is a formatting option here, so why not do it right?<br /><br />And don't tell me the Observer can't do italics, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-19521475244020637412013-01-28T14:53:59.893-05:002013-01-28T14:53:59.893-05:00In response to the above:
By Ann Johnson, eHow Co...In response to the above:<br /><br />By Ann Johnson, eHow Contributor <br />we reference the title of a book in our writing, the book’s title should appear in italics. If italic is not a formatting option, then the book’s title should be underlined. In some circumstances quotation marks can be used instead of underlining or italics<br /><br /><br /><br />Read more: How to Use Quotations for Book Titles | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4500519_use-quotations-book-titles.html#ixzz2JIlhA7dTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650738503631899640.post-43248416365954981662013-01-28T10:55:37.357-05:002013-01-28T10:55:37.357-05:00Titles of books are either italicized or underline...Titles of books are either italicized or underlined...basic grammatical rules, people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com