John M. Yinger
What is an e-book?
As I use the term, an e-book is a book-length manuscript that is posted on and available through the internet.
One of the advantages of an e-book is that it can be updated and revised as new material becomes available. It is also possible, of course, that some of the internet links in an e-book change over time or become unavailable. It is essential, therefore, that any e-book include a date and/or version number, and this information should be included whenever the e-book is cited.
To recognize these possibilities, each e-book on this site (1) includes a version number and associated date, (2) has two-part chapter numbers (section, chapter) so that additional chapters can be added to a section without re-numbering all the chapters in the book, and (3) includes an appendix that indicates the date each version was first posted and explains the differences between versions. To minimize re-numbering when new chapters are added, the chapters within a part are placed in chronological order, from earliest to latest.
The e-books posted on this site combine previously unpublished material written by me combined with links to articles of mine (many of which are co-authored) that are posted on the internet. In many cases, these articles are accessible only to people who have access to a subscription service, such as www.jstor.org. The relevant subscription services are virtually always available through a university library, so university faculty members should have no trouble gaining access to these chapters. The table of contents for each e-book on this site indicates which subscription service, if any, is required for access to each chapter.
All previously unpublished material in the e-books posted on this site is copyrighted by John Yinger. Comments on this material are welcome.
John Yinger, March 2005
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