Kindle doesn't give a screen number (a number that increments every time you go forward a screen), as such a number would be absolutely meaningless. Let's say you found something interesting on 'screen 57', you tell your friend to go there, but they use a larger font size, so for them the part you want them to see would actually be on screen 75.
Did you click the link to the example book I posted above? That link will take you to the book's product page on the Amazon website.
On that page, under the price, it says 'Length: 338 pages (Contains Real Page Numbers)'. You can also scroll down a bit on the page to see this: Product Details File Size: 551 KB Print Length: 338 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN: 098409346X Publisher: Career Bliss Publications (September 18, 2012) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B009DQ3V1C Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Lending: Enabled.
I got the following info from the website in relation to citing Kindle books or ebooks. If no fixed page numbers are available, you can include a section title or a chapter or other number. I am wondering is there a preferred method of citing in this case?
I am history Mlitt student and have only recently started to use a kindle for research purposes. At the moment I use the loc (location) reference that is produced by the kindle in the notes text file you can download from it, that shows all your highlights/bookmarks, but I am confused as to the proper citation method as my supervisor queried if this was the standard way of citing a kindle. I have a copy of my history department style-sheet but it makes no reference to kindle editions. I got a look at a copy of the Chicago manual at my college and the guidance in that is a lot clearer than it is on the web site where the whole manual is not available without a subscription. The reason given for citing a electronic edition of a book is quite clear. The majority of electronically published books offered for download from a library or bookseller will have a printed counterpart.
Because of the potential for differences, however, authors must indicate that they have consulted a format other than print. This indication should be the last part of a full citation that follows the recommendations for citing printed books.
The manual further goes on to state that;. electronic formats do not always carry stable page numbers (e.g., pagination may depend on text size), a factor that potentially limits their suitability as sources. In lieu of a page number, include an indication of chapter or section or other locator. Further in the section it deals with unpaginated electronic sources in more detail. For such unpaginated works, it may be appropriate in a note to include a chapter or paragraph number (if available), a section heading, or a descriptive phrase that follows the organizational divisions of the work.
In citations of shorter electronic works presented as a single, searchable document, such locators may be unnecessary. It seems form reading the manual that the following are the preferred methods of referencing;. Page number (where stable ones exist/some new kindle books match the print edition). Chapter or paragraph number. Section heading. descriptive phrase that follows the organizational divisions If you want to cite in MLA; recommends the following. MLA 5.7.18 defines digital files as neither on the web or a published CD-ROM.
MLA recommends citing a book on a digital device using the guidelines for citing a book but replacing the format type (Print) with the name of the digital file format, followed by the word 'file.” For the “Digital file type” field on the form, enter a file format such as 'EPUB file' (a non-proprietary file format used by Kobo, Nook, Sony and others). If an e-Book reader uses a proprietary format (e.g., Kindle), you may use the name of the file type ('AZW file') or, if this is not visible to you, the name of the device ('Kindle file'). Example: Slawenski, Kenneth. Salinger: A Life. New York: Random, 2011. If you are only citing a section or chapter:.
To cite a chapter or section written by the author of the book, cite the book and use an in-text reference to identify the specific section you're quoting or paraphrasing. If the introduction or preface is written by another contributor, fill in the section of the form called Chapter or Section to cite the author, section title and page numbers.