[Smt-talk] e-book questions

[Rob Haskins]

Hi Walt,
The Kindle lists text by "location"; for example, a screen of text  
might encompass locations 245-378. (The location numbers appear at the  
bottom of the screen.) You can search for a string of text, and when  
you call up that text, the first location number coincides with the  
text you've searched for. It's not as precise as it could be, I guess,  
but it is possible to cite text. I believe the most recent Chicago  
Manual of Style discusses citation of Kindle passages.

All best,
Rob


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* Walt Everett <weverett at umich.edu> [Fri 07 Jan 2011 06:29:08 PM EST]:

> Hello everyone,
> I've never tried an e-book reader.  Today after class, a student  
> told me they'd purchased a textbook for their Kindle only to  
> discover it's not paginated.  Does anyone know if such devices are  
> capable of indexing to allow references to passages for purposes of  
> scholarly citation or assigning readings?  If not, perhaps some  
> convention for this exists or could be devised using a search  
> function?  Also, if anyone's considered this issue as part of  
> writing a book with a potential e-market, I'd be very pleased to  
> hear any thoughts about this, on or off the list.  thanks!  best,  
> walt everett
>
> Walter Everett
> Professor of Music
> Department of Music Theory
> The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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> Ann Arbor, MI  48109-2085
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