Comments on: Citing the Kindle

By: chriscro

chriscro — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:51:34 +0000

I realize this is reviving an old post—but LP’s are coming back.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1702369,00.html

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:16:17 +0000

When using Kindle highlight the section following the instructions. Then go to “My Clippings file in the Home Page section and look for the highlighted info. you will see the following info for example:

— Book Title: Highlighted text- blah blah blah (Author’s Name)
Note Loc 143 | Added on Teusday, September 10, 2009, 10:01 AM —

Then what you would do is to cite the information in your paper, type: (Author Loc 143) When you do the works cited page be sure to indicate that the book is a kindle book.

By: Kjetil Kringlebotten

Kjetil Kringlebotten — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:58:00 +0000

I usually use a ‘slightly altered’ version of the APA style. Here is an example of what I would do, with the example of a book by Scott Hahn. See here: http://www.amazon.com/Covenant-Communion-Biblical-Theology-ebook/dp/B002U58B0Y/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&m=A19GEMKTSHS1KO

If I just cite a chapter, I write:
Hahn: 2009: chap. 3:3

If I cite, or quote, a specific passage, I write:
Hahn: 2009: chap. 3:3; loc. 598-603.

If this is the first time I cite a Kindle or Mobipocket book, I also write this:

(This is a book published in Kindle/Mobipocket format. All quotations from, or citations of, such books refer to sections or precise locations (loc.) in the text, and not page numbers.)

In the bibliography, I write:
Hahn, S. (2009). Covenant and Communion: The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI. Kindle Edition. Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Brazos Press [Retrieved from Amazon.com, March 26th 2010]

By: Richard Finn

Richard Finn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:20:52 +0000

I have the original Kindle and cite it in papers regularly. I documented my citation style for APA, MLA, and Turabian. I'd be interested in your thoughts. Citing a kindle

By: Michael J Drexler

Michael J Drexler — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:05:12 +0000

I can also envision citation moving completely onto the network through links, but that's a ways down the road--likely until Kindles or their descendants are as common as sliced bread. Until then, we need some standardization that will allow non-Kindle readers and Kindlers alike to reproduce the research by locating sources accurately. MLA and Chicago, etc. have formatted styles for electronic books and other e-material, but I think given the move to locations, some tweaking will be necessary until our e-dreams come true. I've begun tinkering with a format that adds chapter info to the citation to help localize the reference across different editions (no claim to anything earth-shattering here). But what I'd like to offer would be styles for common bibliographic software like Zotero, Refworks, or EndNote. Refworks might be the most useful place to start since reference for Kindle books (all Amazon books for that matter) can be put in a database simply by clicking the icon that appears in the address bar of Firefox while browsing titles. I'll get to work on this... For now, I've got rudimentary MLA-like styles on my blog.

By: Kent Anderson

Kent Anderson — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:49:49 +0000

In dawns on me that I missed a main point in this entry — that citation is going to go away and be replaced by linking. A breakthrough with the Kindle is its wi-fi connectivity. The display already supports hyperlinks. It seems with the move of scholarship online that linking will replace typewritten citation. So, the trick will be for the Kindle to learn to accept links. Then, it will be ready for the next generation of citation — linking.

By: Jill O'Neill

Jill O'Neill — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:03:41 +0000

The critical aspect is that different populations read in different ways. Scholars want one set of functionalities and casual readers want other functionalities. In print, those differences were meaningless because there was only the single platform of print. Now, with the Kindle, it becomes more evident that we have to accommodate those different patterns of reading and citation.

By the way, I am glad the NFAIS Enotes were useful to you, Kent!

By: Elizabeth Kirk

Elizabeth Kirk — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:43:07 +0000

It’s not likely that Amazon will “solve” the citation question. That’s a matter for MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. The style sheet organizations certainly adapted (each in its own way) to online resources; this is another such step.

By: Richard Sever

Richard Sever — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:36:18 +0000

There is another aspect to the analogy with online music sales. We do not miss liner notes or cover art enough to bring back LPs. Far more importantly (and sadly to my mind), most seem to accept the huge loss in sound quality that comes with MP3s (which don’t even compare to old cassette tapes let alone LPs/CDs): convenience trumps quality. Will the same be true of books? Rather than wondering whether/how the Kindle can be improved to handle textbooks, perhaps we should ask how much artwork and other design frills most readers will happily do without. (After all, many journal publishers have already deemed multiple rounds of proof-reading an unnecessary and expensive luxury on the grounds that readers tolerate or don’t notice the errors this would pick up.)

By: Jill Emery

Jill Emery — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:28:45 +0000

Not to discount the fabulousness & fun of the Kindle. I’m sure these devices do rock & they’d be great as a textbook replacement.

However, LPs are coming back with a sales increase of 15% in 2007 and it looks like an even greater margin in 2008. The web & your local DJ venues work in mysterious ways…it’s definitely a niche market retail but there’s room for us all to survive here:

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/01/new-vinyl-recor.html

-Jill