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message 1: by Diane , Armchair Tour Guide (new)

Diane  | 13052 comments I have a Kindle, which I love (the keyboard model in black & white) and I was considering purchasing a Nook Color. Has anyone used both Kindles and Nooks? Which do you prefer? What features on either one can you not live without? Are there as many ebook deals on Nook as on Kindle?


message 2: by Muriel (new)

Muriel This really doesn't fit this category, but I can't find a place to ask this question. My daughter and I are working on a manuscript which has to have sources cited. Some of the sources are e-books in which there are no page numbers listed, just locations. How on earth do you cite locations, or is there a way to convert to pages? (We also have this question in to the publisher, but no response so far.)


message 3: by Diane , Armchair Tour Guide (new)

Diane  | 13052 comments Muriel wrote: "This really doesn't fit this category, but I can't find a place to ask this question. My daughter and I are working on a manuscript which has to have sources cited. Some of the sources are e-books ..."

Wow, that's a really good question. I wish I had an answer, but I don't.


message 4: by Candiss (last edited May 27, 2012 08:39PM) (new)

Candiss (tantara) Muriel wrote: "This really doesn't fit this category, but I can't find a place to ask this question. My daughter and I are working on a manuscript which has to have sources cited. Some of the sources are e-books ..."

All I know of that seems related to your issue is The Kindle Page Numbers Tool, but I don't know how accurate it is. (I've only used it to get an approximate location back before Goodreads added the ability to note book progress by percentage.) If I find something more definite, I'll update here. :)

Regarding citing ebook locations: I just searched in Google for "how to cite a Kindle location", and several promising links came up, including ones from APA and MLA:

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...


message 5: by Muriel (new)

Muriel Thanks! We'll check that out.


message 6: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 438 comments most major cituation formats - APA etc have methods for citing locations...it is essentially, (kindle ed., locations xx-xx)


message 7: by Muriel (new)

Muriel Thanks. I'm not sure how much of a difference this would make, but the publisher uses Turabian for citing.


message 8: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 438 comments pretty sure Turabain has it as well - the first reference format at the top of page 4 here is for kindle - http://www.bethanyseminary.edu/sites/...

IIRC Turabain was the first out of all the citation styles to do it


message 9: by Muriel (new)

Muriel Thanks!


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