E-Books
by John Yinger
March 2005
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The e-books posted on this site combine previously unpublished material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 http://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All previously unpublished material in the e-books posted on this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.