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Originally Posted by doubleshuffle
Well, I agree the problem is that e-books are so easy to modify. In case of the paper book I can quote the exact edition and everything is fine. E-boks could really use an exact location system. I've been thinking of numbering the paragraphs; that in connection with proper accounting for versions (like most - all? - uploaders to the MR library do with the version numbers) could make e-books perfectly quotable.
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Numbering of paragraphs will work and are done with specifications as I mentioned above. The major example is, of course, the Bible which manages to work well for many languages, and versions even without specifying version numbers. The idea is to hold on to the paragraph numbers so they don't change with versions. In specifications this works by referencing two or three level numbers. In the Bible the numbers are maintained even if the edition leaves out some of the verses and extra new verses are tagged onto existing verse numbers most of the time or identified with a footnote. In general only academic or business works like papers and specifications are referenced with the level of detail.
Dale