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Old 04-01-2009, 03:57 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by weatherman View Post
Well this is a problem. Kindle has its own pagination system that I haven't quite figured out (lines? between CR?) but in any case it would change somewhat depending on what font size you are using. I doubt citing kindle works would be permissible in an academic setting, so you're probably better off using the "look inside" feature to look up the print version and citing that.

That said, the Kindle version is like any other edition and ultimately it may be acceptable to cite it. My initial thought is that you would cite the pagination range displayed at the bottom of the particular page under the "standard" font.
It is easy to cite just using the location. The real problem is that the Kindle book is not just lika any other edition. I seriously doubt that they will issue a new variant of the book if they fix OCR problems or other problems. So the real problem with citing is to specify the exact edition so that people can find just that edition.
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