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Unlike an inline (or in-text) quotations, which are integrated into the text, a block quotation is a longer quotation from another source set off from surrounding text by paragraph breaks. These should be tagged using the Blockquote (DAISY) style.
Block quotations are commonly seen as quotations in epigraphs, books reviews or endorsements, and as long quotations taken from other sources within the body of the text. Block quotations may have an author associated with the quotation, which should be marked using the Author (DAISY) style or the Citation (DAISY) style, depending on what is appropriate.
Text-to-speech software will usually declare Quote
and End Quote
before and after reading text marked up as block quotations.
Q: The book I am working on a book has a number of block quotes, and some of these quotes are centred while others are more left aligned. Should we use two different styles for the quotes?
A: For any block quotations, just use the standard Quote style