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Originally Posted by adrianf
I know of the reference mode, but when I quote from a book for a journal article it has to be in some recognised sort of way; chapter+paragraph is not recognised by any journal to my knowledge so it is useless for use outside my own administration. On the other hand you are right that also the position in the document (integer of not) is equally useless for publishing in journals. Page number is the only recognised way for locating a quote; that is the case for all journals and publishing houses I know. The only exception is quoting from holy books, where, indeed, book+chapter+paragraph in the case of the Bible or similar for other holy books is the correct way of quoting.
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Citation guides (APA, MLA) have been updated to match the 21st century -- these days, it is OK to reference chapter/section/in-text reference.
See e.g.
http://www.noodletools.com/helpdesk/...article&id=206
In fact, they officially un-recommend the use of page numbers, due to the fact that unless the ebook has page-mapping data most EPUB readers will
lie about the page number.
(Kindles will utilize "location" numbers instead, and the lack of bald-faced lying is something I like about Kindles.
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