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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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Unfortunately, as has been mentioned before, just because you reference a particular version number does not mean that version number is accessible any longer. When an ebook is updated online, it
replaces the previous version. So, again, this need to have a specific page to reference, is
useless outdated. For technical references there are section/sub-section numbers and then the individual can quickly scan/search/find that exact point. IMHO Paragraph numbers are overkill.