[EL] Kindle citation format

[Abigail Thernstrom]

	Yes, there is a print edition of my book, Voting Rights -- & Wrongs, which has footnotes that cite the Kindle edition of sources I used.  

	Abby Thernstrom

Abigail Thernstrom
Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
www.thernstrom.com


On Dec 7, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Tara Ross wrote:

> Is there not a print edition of the book?  You can often find the print edition in Google books.  Even if you don't want to buy it there, I've gotten enough out of the free preview to get a page number on several occasions.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Dec 7, 2012, at 4:50 PM, "Abigail.thernstrom at gmail.com" <abigail.thernstrom at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I gave Kindle citations in my 2009 book on the Voting Rights Act, providing title, pub date, and location. 
>> 
>> AT
>> Abigail Thernstrom
>> Vice-chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.      
>> Adjunct Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
>> www.thernstrom.com
>>  
>> On Dec 7, 2012 , at 5:17 PM, Beth Kingsley <bkingsley at harmoncurran.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I don’t know if it is accepted or if there is an accepted citation format, but a book I was reading recently cited to a Kindle book using the Kindle location(s). So long as you publication date or year, you’re referring to the same version and the locations will be consistent across platforms, so that makes sense. Although it’s not transferable to other formats, which is arguably problematic.
>>>  
>>> Beth
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>>> Elizabeth Kingsley 
>>> Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP 
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>>> Suite 600 
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>>> From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of David A. Schultz
>>> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:12 PM
>>> To: law-election at uci.edu
>>> Subject: [EL] Kindle citation format
>>>  
>>> Hi all:
>>> 
>>> I am finishing an article on ballot initiatives and want to cite to a book I have on Kindle.  I cannot find a Bluebook suggestion for how to do this, does anyone know the rule for it?
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
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