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Old 11-18-2010, 03:50 PM   #49
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Originally Posted by DMSmillie View Post
The purpose of a citation is to identify the work referenced, the edition that was consulted, and, as accurately as possible, the location in that work where the referenced material can be found. That can all be done quite accurately for material contained in an ebook (whether it's by referring to paragraph numbers, or Kindle locations, or whatever other "location identifiers" are provided by specific e-readers and e-reader applications), without having to finesse some sort of "back-reference" to an identical print edition.
The purpose is also that the citation should work after e.g. 20 years. And I do not believe that any ebook system for position will be the same in 20 years.
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