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Originally Posted by Notjohn
The third reason (and it should really be the first) is that writers of Serious Books might want to quote you, and the citation really should work both on the print edition and the digital one. It's absurd and somewhat embarrassing to have to put "location 3543". (I usually just grit my teeth and cite by chapter, but that wouldn't work in À la recherche du temps perdu, would it?)
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EXCELLENT point. Thanks.
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It's not just academic works that get quoted! A couple years ago I published a book that cited among other things The New Yorker, a 17th century troubador song (from the internet), and the Polish historical novel Potop ("The Deluge").
RPNs are wonderful. (If only they were easy.)
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Excellent point. It truly is, and I have no argument with it. Now, for a lighter moment:
Now I'll write that that guy (James Scott Bell) who cited me (unbelievable!!!) and tell him that I need him to use RPNs. MWAHAHAH. Seriously--he cited me from something
ON THE WEB. I can see people trying to Strunk & White or CMOS
that sucker.
(Speaking of Lost Time...)
Hitch