ELBA PROJECT

Modifications to the Greek team Proposal on

 “The e-Book of Style”

by ALDESOC (Spain)

Larnaca
CYPRUS
(12th to 14th)
2007

1.- Overview

This text contents the comments of the Greek technical team regarding their proposal on the ELBA’s project e-Book style format concerning its structure as well as its style presentation made by ALDESOC (Spain).

They have used the Microsoft Word to prepare a draft template document, so that the style format is tangible and easily altered.

An important thing to be considered is the multilingual content. There are two possibilities:

•	To make a version in English, and other in the different languages (every country in its own language).
•	To make a unique version (the main language English) with the translation in the same pages.

The structure in each case is different; we will consider only the second one.

2.- e-Book Structure (second case)
	
2.1.- Cover 

	We have formed the cover’s contents and the graphic style will be designed by ELBA’s graphics specialist. In the draft template document it is included an example of cover (agreed in Legnano).

	Language: English.

2.2.- Page 2

This page will contains information about:

•	Licence: CC (maintain author name, non commercial use, free distribution, free copy, no modification)
•	Title, author
•	Electronic publisher
•	Year

	Language: English.

2.3.- Page 3 – Table of Contents

This table consists in a list of the main sections of the book. 
Each item of the list must be linked with the first page of respective section.

	Language: English.

2.4.- Page 4 – The ELBA Project

This page is a short presentation about the ELBA project, its scope, goals and results.

	Language: English. (With links to the other languages versions)

2.5.- Page 5&6.- Prologue

Prologue for the e-book..  A short description about what a reader can find in this work.

	Language: English. (With links to the other languages versions)

2.6.- Page 7&more.- Foreword

We believe that this is the place for our FOREWORD section. This is a small presentation performed by an external person, not directly involved with the project, about the anthology and the whole project’s effort as far as this anthology is concerned.

	Language: English. (With links to the other languages versions)

2.7.- Countries’ Literature Section Structure

The following pages are divided in each country’s literature section. So, we have the Greek Literature Section, the Lithuanian Literature Section and so on… Each section will follow a specific structure format:

Country x Literature Section.

Overview

A short presentation about the country. We propose that we should focus on the historical and social framework of the literature’s period presented so that the reader can evaluate properly the meanings and sensation of the poems illustrated. The overview should not exceed the one page, as it would be tiring for the reader.   

	Language: English and the language of Country’s Section.

List of Country’ Poets
In a new page, a list of the country’s poets, which are included in the e-book. (it is better  a list of poets than the poems because is easier to identify poets than poems; and in addition only one or two poems of each poet will be included)

Country’Poet
Name (English version)
Portrait (dimensions ad location) if possible
Biography (in booth languages, English version at the top of the page and original version below)
Poems
Each poem starts in a new page. If it is possible would be used a two columns pages, one column for English version and the other for the original language. If that is not possible the English version should be of the highest priority. Furthermore, those readers interested in the original poem’s version could be immediately transferred to the corresponding version by the hyperlink provided to the original language version and vice versa, .In the English version there is also a note about the translation source.

After all countries’ literature sections which have been presented the structure of the e-Book includes again pages concerning the whole project. We have included the “Acknowledgements” page and of course the Bibliography section which goes last in the structure flow.  

2.8.- Acknowledgements

This is a section of one or two pages long where we all should mention and express our thanks to those contributing and helping us in any way for the completion of the e-book.

	Language: English. (With links to the other languages versions)

2.9.- Bibliography

It made reference to all countries bibliographic sources (including electronic and printed forms). 

2.10 Appendix

with the original version of the section corresponding to Elba Project, Prologue, Foreword and Acknowledgements.

•	Title of the section original version [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	Text of the section original version [Times New Roman, 12]

The access to each original version comes by one link puts (country flag) in de end of the English version.

The return is trough a link (put in the in the end of the original version) to the title of the English version

Remark to a version with only one column by poem

In the case in which it was not possible the version of two columns pages for bilingual version of poems, the alternative propose is as follow:

2.11 Appendix (II) with the original version poems

[Cyprus poems]
[Greece poems]
[Italy poems]
[Lithuanian poems]
[Spain poems]
[Turkey poems]

The access to each poem in the original version comes by one link puts in de end of the English version.

The return is trough a link (put in the in the end of the original version) to the title of the English version

3.- e-Book Style Format

The style format is concerned with the format and the typographical aspects of the e-book and according with ist structure.

3.1.- General page’s format.

Margins
Superior: 3 cm
Inferior: 3 cm
Right: 2.5 cm
Left: 2.5 cm
Header
ELBA logo, on the left
Page number on the right, (Tahoma black, 10 p.)
A line below

Footer

3.2.- General typographical considerations

Fonts: In general is recommended the use of only one font family or the least possible. For example: 

•	«Tahoma blod» for the titles of sections, chapter, subchapters, paragraphs…with different sizes according its hierarchical position.
•	«Times New Roman», for the text body (may be two sizes)

Italic: Use italic font only in the body of text (not in titles), for emphasizing a title of a book, an institution name, and may be in a few other cases.

Underlining: not used.

Black: Use black font only in the titles

3.3.- General use of hyperlinks

We will use hyperlinks in the following cases.

•	From the items of table of contents to the title of the corresponding section.
•	From the each name of the list of poets to the poet name title in the corresponding subsection.
•	From the section corresponding to Elba Project, Prologue, Foreword and Acknowledgements to the other language versions.

We will use the return hyperlinks in the following cases:

•	Back to the table of contents
•	Back to the list of country poets
•	Back to the title of Elba Project, Prologue, Foreword and Acknowledgements sections.

3.4.- Sections and subsections definition.

We consider as section the followings items: Table of Contents, Presentation of the the ELBA Project, Prolog, Foreword, Literature Sections, Acknowledgements, Bibliography.

The Literature Sections are divided in the following subsecction: Overview (Contesto storico, Historical context,…), List of Poets, [Poets]

3.5.- Sections Format

1 Table of Contents Format 

The format of this section is as follows:
•	Title of the seccion [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	List (one line for each item of thr list corresponding to the title of each section of the book) [Times New Roman, 12]

2 Project Presentation, Prolog, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Formats

All these sections are of similar format, as the following:
•	Title of the seccion [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	Text. [Times New Roman, 12]

3 Literature Sections, 

There is one section for each country. The format is as follows:
•	Title of the Lierature country seccion [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	Overview subsection (see format in subsections format)
•	List of the country poets(see format in subsections format)
•	Poet, poems (one subsection for each poet) (see format in subsections format)

4 Bibliography format

•	Title of Bibliographical section [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	Each bibliographical reference must include, in alphabetical order:
[num] Author Name, Title, Town, Year. [Times New Roman, 12] 

3.6.- Subsections Format

1 Overview format
•	Title of the english version [Tahoma, blod, 18]
•	Text of the english version[Times New Roman, 12]

2 List of poets format

•	In the first line it’s should  be appear: the title: List of country Poets. section [Tahoma, blod, 18]

In the remaining space it’s should  be appear the list of poets in a two columns paragraph. [Times New Roman, 12]

3 [Poets] format

For each poet subsection must be used:
•	A heading with the name of the poet. [Tahoma, blod, 16]
•	If posible, the poet portrait
•	The biographical text in English version. [Times New Roman, 12]
•	The biographical text in original version. [Times New Roman, 12]
•	The poems of this poet. (in a two columns page; in the left column the english version and in the right column the original version).[Arial Narrow, 9]