Comments on: The Evolution of the Genome in China http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2007/09/evolution-of-genome-in-china/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:52:47 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: TheBrummell http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2007/09/evolution-of-genome-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-283 TheBrummell Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.genomicron.evolverzone.com/2007/09/the-evolution-of-the-genome-in-china/#comment-283 <i>The funny thing is that I had no idea any other editions were in the works until today.</i><br/><br/>I've heard of this happening to novelists and other writers, too. Apparently, many publishers don't notify authors of translations or new printings, leading to some interesting emails regarding foreign editions and piracy concerns.<br/><br/>I had a look at one of those Chinese editions when they were in the lab... interesting stuff, and very cool that you're getting some international attention. One odd thing I noticed was the large margins - the text appears to be the same size as the English-language version, but the book is a bit larger all around, making for very large white spaces on all sides of the text. Is making notes in the margins more common in China? The funny thing is that I had no idea any other editions were in the works until today.

I’ve heard of this happening to novelists and other writers, too. Apparently, many publishers don’t notify authors of translations or new printings, leading to some interesting emails regarding foreign editions and piracy concerns.

I had a look at one of those Chinese editions when they were in the lab… interesting stuff, and very cool that you’re getting some international attention. One odd thing I noticed was the large margins – the text appears to be the same size as the English-language version, but the book is a bit larger all around, making for very large white spaces on all sides of the text. Is making notes in the margins more common in China?

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