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Originally Posted by bounce
It's arbitrary for some people, but how about when you're reading a book academically and need to cite the page number?
Right now I'm trying to figure out the page number and it's a mess.
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There are accepted protocols in academia for quoting ebooks.
http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_an_ebook
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/05/
http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/20...an-e-book.html
The general rule of thumb is, you treat it as a web resource which doesn't have page numbers. Chapter # is an acceptable alternative.