TTF Scribe Guide

§lThe Terminus Transcription Guide ----------------§r§oBy Spacew00t §r-------------------Transcribed by Spacew00t on April 1st, MMXIII at Terminus -------------------§oTBI: 1-A-1

§lTable of Contents§r ------------------- p03-Introduction p04-Getting Started p05-Book Formatting p06-The First Page p08-Example Template p09-Terminus Book ID p12-Signing the Book p16-MultiVolume Works p19-Contact Us p21-About the Author

§lIntroduction ----------------§rWelcome fellow scribes! If you're reading this work you're probably wondering how to properly format a book for submition to the Terminus Library. If so, then read on!

§lGetting Started ----------------§rBefore anything else, you should download "Bookz Mod", which is a clientside mod to facilitate book writing and copying. Just Google for it and follow the installation instructions.

§lBook Formatting ----------------§rYou have probably noticed by now that we use special formatting characters like §lBold§r and §oItalics§r. To do this, Google "Book and Quill" to find the wiki entry on it, then scroll down to "Special codes".

§lThe First Page ----------------§rThis book, like any other from the Terminus library, will have a special first page inserted before submittion to the library. This helps standardize our library, and make it easier to understand who transcribed the

work and when. It may seem unnecessary, but consider how many books have been written in Civcraft, and then how many of them have been copied by someone else, then stolen, and copied again! To see how this works, turn the page:

§l ----------------§r§oBy §r-------------------Transcribed by on , at -------------------§oTBI:

§lTerminus Book Identifier ----------------§rOn the previous page, at the bottom, you likely noticed a spot for the TBI. This is a unique identifier that tells scribes where to place the books in our Terminus Literary Vaults. These vaults are a network of

backup collections scattered across the world, to ensure if one falls, no books will be lost. Make sure to ask the Terminus Head Librarians (Currently Spacew00t and Oogalaboogala) for a TBI before signing your book. If they're not available, just leave it

blank for the moment. A book will not be entered into the Terminus Literary Vaults until it has an TBI, so make sure to get one before making a ton of copies. They're worthless otherwise!

§lSigning the Book ----------------§rOnce you've finished inserting the first page, you're ready to sign the book! Since the first page you've added already contains the original title, feel free to sign the book with a more descriptive title, as long as

it remains true to the content of the book. For example, let's say the original work is signed: §o"My Mining Journal"§r Now, while that may have sufficed for the original author, it's not in the least bit

descriptive enough to tell us what it's about! Let's say it starts out as a journal of them mining, but turns into a rant about the author getting mugged by a stranger. then an acceptable title could be: §o"Mugged Miner"§r

Now, this is a very subjective issue, so feel free to use the original title if you really can't think of a better title for the work.

§lMulti-Volume Works ----------------§rSo all this formatting is fine and dandy, but lets say that, oh no, you've come across a multi-volume work or the book is already 40 pages long! Don't worry, just add v.1 to the end of the signed title, and v.2 to

the second volume, and so on. Each volume should have the same first page, in Terminus Transcription Format. If the work is already 40 pages, then you'll have to turn it into a multivolume work. To do this, cut the last page, and paste it into a new book

and use the guide for formatting multi-volume works.

§lContact Us ----------------§r If you're interested in working, living, or visiting Terminus, please pm head librarians Spacew00t or OogalaBoogala. We try to distribute our collection to any and all libraries for little to no cost, as

well as pay for original works on Civcraft. Thanks for reading!

§lAbout the Author ---------------- §rSpacew00t is one of the Head Librarians of Terminus, a city devoted to the collection of knowledge. Gaining his initial wealth in the sand trade, he has since focused on his academic interests.